# NTSB MIA08CA184: Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B, N8137K, Pantego, NC, August 29, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 29, 2008, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Pantego, NC
- Coordinates: 35.580795, -76.649642 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5808&lon=-76.6496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68862/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA184

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll out.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=3979904), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md?model=3979904), [All aircraft, 267 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=3979904), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=3979904), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=3979904), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that while en route to perform an aerial application, he aborted the flight due to weather, and returned to the private airfield from which he departed. On landing, the airplane touched down fast, encountered a bump during the landing roll out, and veered to the left. The pilot applied the brakes, and then "lost directional control" of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway colliding with a "field ditch," which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The pilot stated that while en route to perform an aerial application, he aborted the flight due to weather, and returned to the private airfield from which he departed. On landing, the airplane touched down fast, encountered a bump during landing roll out, and veered to the left. The pilot applied the brakes, and then "lost directional control" of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway colliding with a "field ditch," which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8137K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8137K), registered now, S/N 580B (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B
- Registry model: [Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164b) (registry code 3979904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 580B
- Airframe hours: 9145
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney 1340-AN-1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Dreamstreet Aviation Inc
- Registered owner: Gulfstream Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2008, 116 hours before
- Departed: NONE, Pantego, NC
- Destination: NONE, Pantego, NC
- Airport: NONE, Private Strip, runway 180, 5,000 × 90 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2007; seat: single; flight hours: 8,324 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 7,585 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 12 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,900 ft overcast
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: ECG, 75 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 20080829848099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080829848099A), Aug 29, 2008: Scwzer G164B, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] reported he had departed his private strip with approximately 200 gallons of chemicals to complete one last application for the…

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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