# Accident 19840417036249A: Scwzer G164B, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, April 17, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1984, 07:45 local time
- Place: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 18.4547° N, 66.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arecibo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4547&lon=-66.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8232K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,011 total, 176 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840417036249A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR HIT LEVEE DURING AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. PILOT CLAIMS POWER LOSS CAUSED CRASH.

## 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 MIA84LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA142), Apr 17, 1984: Gulfstream-Schweizer G-164B (N8232K), Arecibo, PR, substantial damage

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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