Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on the landing roll out.
NTSB analysis
The pilot stated that while en route to perform an aerial application, he aborted the flight due to weather, and returned to the private airfield from which he departed. On landing, the airplane touched down fast, encountered a bump during the landing roll out, and veered to the left. The pilot applied the brakes, and then "lost directional control" of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway colliding with a "field ditch," which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for MIA08CA184 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Aug 29, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Pantego, North Carolina
- Nearest airport
- Private Strip (NONE)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B
- N-number
- N8137K
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 137 (agricultural)
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial application
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.