Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Tulelake Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Tulelake, California 96134
Friday, August 1, 2014 9:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 1, 2014, about 0900 Pacific daylight time, a Schweizer Aircraft Crop, G-164B, N3627R, impacted terrain near Tulelake, California. The airplane was registered to, and operated by, Macy's Flying Service as an aerial application flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137. The commercial pilot was fatally injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage during the accident sequence, and was subsequently consumed by post impact fire. The local flight departed Tulelake Municipal Airport about 0820. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The airplane was applying insecticide to a field in the Tulelake area. Officers from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department responded to the accident site, and observed the airplane located in an alfalfa field, beyond a series of severed overhead power distribution cables.
According to the airplane operator, the pilot was completing the load application when he passed under the cables. The top wing struck the lines, and the airplane continued another 500 feet, before colliding with the ground.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/1/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 900 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Tulelake |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 96134 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 415713N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1213328W |
| Event Location Airport | TULELAKE MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | O81 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 10 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 293 |
| Airport Elevation | 4044 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1553 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 328 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KLMT |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4092 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 14 |
| 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) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 10 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.14 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KLMT 011553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/10 A3014 RM |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA LAX ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 14 2014 7:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | sime1 |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3627R |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA322 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 137: Agricultural |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP |
| Aircraft Model | G 164B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 731B |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MACYS FLYING SERVICE INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO BOX 277 |
| Aircraft Owner City | TULELAKE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 961340277 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | MACYS FLYING SERVICE INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | PO BOX 277 |
| Operator City | TULELAKE |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 961340277 |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | O81 |
| Departure City | Tulelake |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 820 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | O81 |
| Destination City | Tulelake |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 15 2014 7:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |