Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B N6699Q

Summary

On 25 May 2023 at about 14:20 local time, a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B registered N6699Q, operated by S & S Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Wright, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 May 2023 at 14:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Wright, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.0004, -92.3746

Aircraft

Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B

Registration

N6699Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

S & S Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kaplan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA202

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to takeoff with the airplane overloaded which resulted in the airplane settling and subsequently impacting terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that before his 12th aerial application flight of the day, the airplane was overloaded with fertilizer due to faulty ground loading equipment. Knowing the airplane was overloaded the pilot decided to dump some of the fertilizer over the grass strip during takeoff. As the airplane reached the point on the grass strip that he felt he could safely stop, the “airplane felt like it was wanting to fly” so he continued the takeoff. As the pilot turned toward the field that he intended to apply the fertilizer to, the airplane settled and impacted in a field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, empennage, and fuselage, and the engine separated from the airframe. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. No Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 certificate was found for the operator and there was no record of a knowledge and skill test for the pilot as required by 14CFR 137.19.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.