# Accident 19830531059569A: Scwzer G164B, Blakely, GA, May 31, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1983, 20:15 local time
- Place: Blakely, GA
- Airport: Early City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3975° N, 84.8948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EARLY COUNTY (BIJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3975&lon=-84.8948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8476K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8476K-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,048 total, 700 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830531059569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ON ACCEPTANCE FLIGHT FOR OWNER. CRASHED INTO TREES.  TURBOCHARGER OIL SCAVENGER LINE HAD CRACKED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL83LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA205), Jun 1, 1983: Grumman G-164B (N8476K), Blakely, GA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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