Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B accident near Sedgwick, Arkansas, July 8, 2024
On July 8, 2024 at about 1:50 pm local time, a 1977 Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, registered N6500K, was substantially damaged in an accident near Sedgwick, Arkansas. It was an aerial application (crop spraying) flight under agricultural flying rules (Part 137). 1 person had minor injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during the spray pass.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 8, 2024 · about 1:50 pm local time
- Place
- Sedgwick, Arkansas · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person had minor injuries.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, built 1977 · all G-164Bs on the register
- Registration
- N6500K · registry record · serial 336B
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application (crop spraying) flight · agricultural flying rules (Part 137)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was conducting an aerial application flight when the airplane impacted a power line at the start of a spray pass. Following the collision, the airplane impacted an agricultural field which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and both sets of wings. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- 452220 during 452
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Psychological › Attention/monitoring › Monitoring environment › Pilot
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Wire › Effect on equipment
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Altitude › Not attained/maintained
Pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land, none, none, none
- Flight time: 1,900 hours in all; 1,100 in this make and model; 200 in the last 90 days; 50 in the last 30 days; 1,800 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: January 3, 2024
- Medical certificate: class 2
- Injury: minor injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 22,496 hours
- Last inspection: type not recorded, February 8, 2024
- Maximum gross weight: 6,400 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Honeywell TP331 (turboprop); 16,810 hours total
- Operator: Scott Flying Service INC
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Departed from: Bono AR at 1:15 pm
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 179° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 6,000 ft
- Temperature: 79°C, dew point 75°C
- Altimeter: 29.99 inHg
- Observation at 7:56 am from KARG, 9 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KARG 081256Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM FEW060 26/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02560239=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN24LA257.