# Incident 19870916067129I: Scwzer G164B, Baton Rouge, LA, September 16, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1987, 08:30 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SIWG
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8451K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8451K-2003-05-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870916067129I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES WHILE ON A SPRAY RUN. PILOT HAD NOT SURVEYED THE FIELD PRIOR TO SPRAYING.

## Other reports on N8451K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930816049339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930816049339A), Aug 16, 1993: Scwzer G164B (N8451K), Immokalee, FL, Substantial damage. Too slow after spray run turn around. Stall mushed into trees.

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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