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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer G164B · Yuma, AZ · May 26, 1988

Date: May 26, 1988 · 21:30 local
Place: Yuma, AZ
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: ZFEG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5149
Reported as: Scwzer G164B
Reported engine: GLADEN R540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 100 in the last 90 days

N5149Registered now · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AS/N 1123 · Built 1973 Airframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1Reciprocating

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.

Encountered downwash from a nearby helicopter after liftoff. Wake forced aircraft to a hard ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED DOWNWASH FROM A NEARBY HELICOPTER AFTER LIFTOFF. WAKE FORCED AIRCRAFT TO A HARD GROUND IMPACT.