# NTSB MKC88LA160: Grumman G-164A, N5329, Hebron, NE, August 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Hebron, NE
- Coordinates: 40.159351, -97.580574 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1594&lon=-97.5806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34633
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34633/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA160

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application

## Analysis

WHILE MAKING A AERIAL APPLICATION SWATH RUN, THE PILOT WAS CHECKING HIS SPRAY BOOMS BECAUSE OF SOME MALFUNCTIONING NOZZLES. EXITING THE FIELD BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF TREES ON THE BORDER HE FAILED TO SEE POWER LINE POLES. HE STRUCK THE WIRES, THEN THE TERRAIN, ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES, THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5329](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5329-2017-06-21), registration cancelled 2017-06-21, S/N 608, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (registry code 3952704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 608
- Engines: P&W R-1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Davenport Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Davenport Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: HJH, HEBRON, NE
- Airport: HJH, Hebron, runway 18, 2,900 × 60 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19880819034419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880819034419A), Aug 19, 1988: Scwzer G164A, Hebron, NE, Destroyed. Attention diverted by malfunctioning spray nozzles. Flew into wires between trees at field edge. Rolled on impact.

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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