Grumman G164 accident near Pleasant Grove, CA
On May 15, 2019, a Grumman G164 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pleasant Grove, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- May 15, 2019
- Place
- Pleasant Grove, CA
- Aircraft
- Grumman G164 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.885°N, 121.424°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190515X74858
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 15, 2019, at 1151 Pacific daylight time, a Grumman Aircraft Corporation-Schweizer G-164C, N6787K, and a Gulfstream-Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Gulfstream AM G-164D, N6929K, were substantially damaged when they collided midair near Pleasant Grove, California. The two pilots were fatally injured. Both airplanes were operated as Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flights. The pilot of N6787K (the white airplane) departed on his first flight of the day to apply rice seed to a field about 3 nautical miles southeast of the departure point. The pilot of N6929K (the yellow airplane) departed from a different airstrip to spread rice seed on another field. The pilot of the white airplane was flying south toward the field he intended to treat, while the pilot of the yellow airplane had completed his application and was flying in a north/northwesterly direction while returning to the departure airstrip to land when the collision occurred. A witness near the accident site reported that he saw the yellow airplane fly south and spray the field behind his location. The airplane banked east, turned around, and flew north to spray another field. He looked away, and seconds later, heard the sound of an impact. When he looked back toward the airplane, he saw the white airplane in a “nosedive” toward a field and also saw the yellow airplane crash into a rice field. There was no Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control radar data associated with either airplane. A SATLOC agricultural GPS unit recovered from the yellow airp
Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
