# NTSB MIA87FA160: Schweizer G-164A, N4654, Dundee, MS, May 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1987, 07:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Dundee, MS
- Coordinates: 34.510482, -90.449798 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5105&lon=-90.4498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87FA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31763/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA160

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE SPRAYING A RICE FIELD, THE ACFT WAS FLYING ACROSS SVRL SMALL DIRT BANKS THAT HAD BEEN FURROWED FOR WATER CTL. DRG A SWATH RUN, IT STRUCK 3 FURROWED BANKS THAT WERE CLOSE TOGETHER, FLIPPED OVER AS IT CRASHED, THEN BURNED. WITNESSESRPRTD THE ENG WAS RUNNING NORMALLY BFR IMPACT. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4654](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4654-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N 1076, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1076
- Airframe hours: 4598
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Gene Bobo
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1987

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,954 total, 20 in this make and model, 1,669 as pilot in command, 184 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MEM, 40 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 19870519017549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870519017549A), May 19, 1987: Scwzer G164A, Dundee, MS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The agricultural spray aircraft flew too low on a spray pass and struck the ground. Aircraft destroyed by fire.

## Other investigations on N4654 (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 ATL85FLT04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FLT04), Mar 2, 1985: Grumman AG-CAT-G-114 (N4654), Madisonville, TN, destroyed

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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