# NTSB LAX88DVG05: Schweizer G-164B, N8487K, Gridley, CA, June 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Gridley, CA
- Location: 39.3629° N, 121.6975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gridley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3629&lon=-121.6975&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25767
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DVG05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25767/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVG05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8487K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8487K-1988-10-25), registration cancelled 1988-10-25, S/N 691B (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Registry model: [Schweizer G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (registry code 8059055) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 691B
- Airframe hours: 2099
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880620022349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880620022349A), Jun 20, 1988: Scwzer G164B, Gridley, CA, Destroyed. Overloaded aircraft failed to fly on takeoff. Went off end of runway and hit a canal bank, tumbled and burned.

## Other investigations on N8487K (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX86LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA029), Oct 28, 1985: Schweizer G-164B (N8487K), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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