- Date
- May 13, 1990, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Basile, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6733QSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900513017219A
- Case key
- 22985
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather information. A related factor to the accident was the tailwind.
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 ag pilot said that during takeoff with the 8th load of the day, the airplane would not clear the top wire of a fence. It hit the wire and small trees, then came to rest 100 yards past the end of the runway. The pilot said that after he evacuated the airplane, he found the wind had shifted to a tailwind. There was no windsock or wind measuring equipment at the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6733Q
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 247B
- Airframe hours
- 6,104
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Basile Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1990 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- Ag Strip, runway 36, 1,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 12,800 total · 1,650 in this make and model · 12,700 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.