- Date
- August 2, 1989, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Austwell, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7501QSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890802042349A
- Case key
- 22740
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Probable cause
Pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area (terrain). High vegetation and rough terrain were contributing factors.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt ferried the acft to a location for 'cotton work' & landed on a road that he had used before. The customer wanted him to use another road that the pilot was familiar with, so he flew the acft to that location. Drg the landing, the spray boom under the left wing 'caught' tall grass on the left side of the roadway. The acft then veered off the left side of the road & went into a field where it came to rest on its nose. There was no chemical load aboard the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7501Q
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 813-B
- Airframe hours
- 107
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Riceland Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Riceland Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 1, 1988 · 107 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 34,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 34,500 as pilot in command · 700 in the last 90 days · 200 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7501Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.