- Date
- June 20, 1992, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bay City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8157KSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920620021369A
- Case key
- 18327
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to initiate a climb due to exceeding the takeoff capability of the airplane. A factor was the high grass on the airstrip.
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 pilot stated that while attempting to depart the airstrip with a load of fertilizer the airplane lifted off and then settled back down to the ground when the wheels became entangled in tall grass near the end of the strip. The aircraft subsequently impacted a fence at the departure end of the runway and flipped over. The pilot also stated there was no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8157K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 591B
- Engine
- P&W R1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Fehmel Planes, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Fehmel Planes, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 27, 1992 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- TX11 · Fehmel Airstrip, runway 14, 2,800 × 80 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 15,322 total · 4,500 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N8157K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.