Weber Farms Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Quincy, Washington 98848
Monday, August 29, 1983 16:30 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CAR ON THE RWY DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT SAW THE AUTO AS HE TURNED BASE BUT BELIEVED THE DRIVER WOULD CROSS AND CLEAR THE RWY. INSTEAD THE DRIVER WENT DOWN THE RWY IN THE DIRECTIONOF LANDING. WHEN THE PILOT REALIZED THIS HE INITIATED AN ABORT TO GO-AROUND. IN SPITE OF THE ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION THE ACFT STRUCK THE AUTO. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN FLT AND CONTINUE AROUND THE PATTERN AND LAND. THE ACFT PROPELLER SLICED SEVERAL CUTS IN THE ROOF OF THE STATION WAGON AND INJURED THE 3 AUTO OCCUPANTS. THE MAJOR POINT OF CONTACT ON THE ACFT WAS THE PROPELLER BLADES. THE ACFT OVERTOOK THE CAR ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/29/1983
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1630
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City QUINCY
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98848
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport WEBER FARMS
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1200
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 Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 3
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious 3
Injury Total All 3
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 986
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 21295
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N48719
NTSB Number SEA83LA188
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Grumman
Aircraft Model G-164
Aircraft Series Identifier G-164
Aircraft Serial Number 121-B
Certified Max Gross Weight 4500
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 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Mar 15 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 15
Airframe Hours 4015
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name STEPHENS SPRAYING SERVICE
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1100 7TH SW
Aircraft Owner City QUINCY
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98848
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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 Unknown
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Unknown
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Unknown
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Approach
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 2184
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --