# NTSB MKC86FPG03: Schweizer Grumman G-164B, N8493K, Harrisburg, AR, May 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1986, 19:00 local (May 9, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Harrisburg, AR
- Coordinates: 35.560413, -90.720802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5604&lon=-90.7208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86FPG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34093/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FPG03

## 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
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - light condition - sunglare (cause)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy) (cause)
  - visual lookout - not possible, pilot in command
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHILE SPRAYING A FLD WITH PROPANIL AND PENOXALIN THE WIND SHIFTED FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING THE CHEMICALS TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD THUS REDUCING THE PLT'S FORWARD VISION. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH SUN GLARE, RESULTED IN THE PLT NOT MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT ALT TO CLEAR LEVEES IN THE FLD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8493K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER GRUMMAN G-164B (GRUMMAN G-)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 712B
- Airframe hours: 1319
- Engines: P&W R1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: B And B Agri-Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 17, 1985, 50 hours before
- Departed: B&B, HARRISBURG, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 15,000 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JBR, 18 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 19860508016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860508016479A), May 8, 1986: Scwzer G164B, Harrisburg, AR, Destroyed. Flew into spray of previous swath. Looking into sun. Hit seven rice levees, tops of trees, then impacted ground.

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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