Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Jones Ag-Viation Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Biggs, California 95965
Tuesady, May 13, 2014 13:20 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On May 13, 2014, at 1320 Pacific daylight time, a Schweizer Aircraft Corporation G-164B Ag Cat, N3633C, impacted terrain shortly after departing from Jones/Ag-Aviation Airport, Biggs, California. CW Equipment Rentals, Inc., owned the airplane and Williams Ag Service, Inc., was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 137 as a local aerial application flight. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not been filed.
According to the operator, the accident flight was to be the pilot's seventh flight of the day in that airplane. The pilot had landed just prior to the accident, and subsequently departed with a full load of seed. During takeoff the engine experienced a loss of power and collided with a berm about 200 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane sustained damage to the firewall during the accident sequence.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector examined the airplane after the accident occurred. He stated that there was no visual evidence of a catastrophic mechanical malfunction. The engine will be examined at a later date.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/13/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1320 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Biggs |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95965 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 392735N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1214146W |
| Event Location Airport | Jones Ag-Viation Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | CL23 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 320 |
| Airport Elevation | 109 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1253 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 50 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OVE |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 100 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 4 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 32 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Variable |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Light and Variable |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.14 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KOVE 131953Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/00 A30 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 26 2014 7:16PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3633C |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA201 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 137: Agricultural |
| 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 CORP |
| Aircraft Model | G 164B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 776B |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 1 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 3 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 63 |
| Airframe Hours | 10556 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CW Equiptment Rentals, Inc. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | BIGGS |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95917 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Williams Ag Service |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Biggs |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 95917 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Aerial Application |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | CL23 |
| Departure City | Biggs |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1310 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | CL23 |
| Destination City | Biggs |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 26 2014 7:17PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |