- Date
- August 16, 1993, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Immokalee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8451KSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930816049339A
- Case key
- 33285
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed (vs) while maneuvering resulting in a stall/mush.
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 commercial pilot had just completed an aerial application spray run to the south, and was maneuvering back towards the west beginning to level out at about 100 feet AGL, when the airplane felt mushy and started to settle into the trees. The chemical load was jettisoned and full power was applied; however, the airplane collided with trees and crashed. Review of the pilots operating handbook indicates the power off stall speed to be 60 mph. The pilot stated his airspeed at the time of collision with the trees was estimated to be about 60 to 65 IAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8451K
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 700B
- Airframe hours
- 9,089
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Airwork Ent Of Florida Inc.
- Registered owner
- Airwork Ent Of Florida Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1993 · 31 hours before
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 800 in this make and model · 3,636 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSW, 15 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.