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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164A · London, OH · June 6, 1987

Date: June 6, 1987 · 10:00 local
Place: London, OH
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: VHFG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8570H
Reported as: Scwzer G164A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N8570HRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2013 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AS/N 1411 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While spraying near woods the aircraft struck wires. Damage to lower wing. Pilot forgot about wires.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE SPRAYING NEAR WOODS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES. DAMAGE TO LOWER WING. PILOT FORGOT ABOUT WIRES.