- Date
- June 20, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gridley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8487KSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880620022349A
- Case key
- 25767
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8487K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 691B
- Airframe hours
- 2,099
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN-1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Sutter Butte Dusters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 31, 1988 · 50 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 460 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 2 nm away
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 N8487K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.