# NTSB MKC84LA154: Grumman G-164A, N937X, Stuttgart, AR, May 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1984, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Stuttgart, AR
- Coordinates: 34.490562, -91.549484 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4906&lon=-91.5495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33694/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA154

## 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 THE PLT WAS SPRAYING RICE, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR OF THE ACFT STRUCK A LEVEE OF A RICE FIELD & SEPARATED. THE PLT THEN PROCEEDED TO A NEARBY FIELD FOR A LANDING. AFTER A SLIGHT LANDING ROLL ON SOFT TERRAIN, THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N937X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N937X-1991-04-02), registration cancelled 1991-04-02, S/N 449 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (registry code 3952704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 449
- Airframe hours: 5782
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN-1 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: George A. Heien
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 1983, 81 hours before
- Departed: STUTTGART, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 436 total, 170 in this make and model, 380 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBF, 30 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 19840530019789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840530019789A), May 30, 1984: Scwzer G164A, Stuttgart, AR, Substantial damage. Struck a rice levee on a spray run. Impact severed the left main landing gear. Nosed over during emergency landing.

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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