Grumman G164 accident near Hays, KS
On August 20, 2019, a Grumman G164 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hays, KS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 20, 2019
- Place
- Hays, KS
- Aircraft
- Grumman G164 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.726°N, 99.341°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190820X15859
Official records · CEN19FA278
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 20, 2019, at 0915 central daylight time, a Grumman-Schweizer G164-B airplane, N3631Z, impacted terrain near Hays, Kansas. The commercial pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postimpact fire. The airplane was owned and operated by Werth Aerial Spraying Inc. as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 agricultural application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight, which originated from the operator's private airstrip. According to a family member, the purpose of the flight was to apply chemicals to a neighbor's field west of the pilot's private airstrip. The family member observed the airplane departing the airstrip to the east and then turned away from the airplane. She did not see the airplane after it departed or for the remainder of the flight. The airplane impacted terrain 0.7 mile northeast of the airstrip. There were no witnesses to the accident. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION The airplane impacted a gravel road that was oriented east to west and an adjacent ditch. All wreckage was located within about 50 ft of the initial impact point, and ground scars were oriented on a 292° heading. The wings were oriented along an east-west direction, and the top of the wings faced south. The metal tube frame of the fuselage and empennage were oriented toward the north-northwest with the vertical and horizontal stabilizers rotated to the west. The engine was separated from the fuselage and located abeam the tail. The airplane's attitude at im
Probable cause
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
