- Date
- July 23, 2006, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lamont, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8376KGrumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060723014049A
- Case key
- 64166
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance while maneuvering.
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 pilot of the agricultural airplane reported that he was spraying a field adjacent to a set of hills, which required him to maneuver over the hills. While turning, he "misjudged the height of the hills at one point." He did not maintain terrain clearance, and the airplane impacted the ground.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 2006, about 0745 Pacific daylight time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164B, N8376K, sustained substantial damage when it collided with terrain while maneuvering near Lamont, Washington. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, received minor injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Moore Aircraft Company of Ritzville, Washington. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR Part 137 local agricultural application flight and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Pru Field Airport in Ritzville about 0715.
The pilot reported that he was spraying a field adjacent to a set of hills, which required him to maneuver over the hills. While turning, he "misjudged the height of the hills at one point." He did not maintain terrain clearance, and the airplane impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8376K
- Reported as
- Grumman-Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 675B
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-1340, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Moore Aircraft Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- 33S · Ritzville, WA
- Destination
- 33S
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
- 55
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8376K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.