- Date
- June 10, 1992, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Injuries
- 4 minor; on the ground: 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3627SSchweizer G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920610019419A
- Case key
- 42831
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor inflight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were: clearance was not maintained and inadequate remedial action.
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
At the end of an aerial application flight, the pilot reported that he was paralleling a road that his son was travelling on, in a pick up truck. The pilot reached down to turn off the spray pump and at the same time the truck disturbed a flock of birds that took flight. When the pilot looked up and saw the birds, he took evasive action in the direction of the pick up truck. The airplane struck the cab of the truck from the rear. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the airplane and collided into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3627S
- Reported as
- Schweizer G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 732B
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Yancey, Robert F.
- Registered owner
- Yancey, Robert F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1992 · 152 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 9,999 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.