Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Austwell, Texas 77950
Wednesday, August 2, 1989 14:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT FERRIED THE ACFT TO A LOCATION FOR 'COTTON WORK' & LANDED ON A ROAD THAT HE HAD USED BEFORE. THE CUSTOMER WANTED HIM TO USE ANOTHER ROAD THAT THE PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH, SO HE FLEW THE ACFT TO THAT LOCATION. DRG THE LANDING, THE SPRAY BOOM UNDER THE LEFT WING 'CAUGHT' TALL GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE ACFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD & WENT INTO A FIELD WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE. THERE WAS NO CHEMICAL LOAD ABOARD THE ACFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

PILOT'S SELECTION OF AN UNSUITABLE LANDING AREA (TERRAIN). HIGH VEGETATION AND ROUGH TERRAIN WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/2/1989
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1415
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City AUSTWELL
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 77950
Event Date Year 1989
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 35
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 5
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 843
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 2 1989 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1515
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 40355
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:57PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7501Q
NTSB Number FTW89DRG04
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name SCHWEIZER
Aircraft Model G-164B
Aircraft Series Identifier G-164B
Aircraft Serial Number 813-B
Certified Max Gross Weight 5200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection Nov 1 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 107
Airframe Hours 107
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RICELAND FLYING SERVICE, INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT. 1 BOX 161
Aircraft Owner City PALACIOS
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 77465
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name RICELAND FLYING SERVICE
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address ROUTE 1 BOX 161
Operator City PALACIOS
Operator State TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 77465
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1330
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --