# Accident 19900926042459A: Scwzer G164B, Minturn, SC, September 26, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1990, 10:30 local time
- Place: Minturn, SC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: DNFG
- Location: 34.5171° N, 79.4723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minturn, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5171&lon=-79.4723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36303, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900926042459A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT TIRE AND WHEEL HALF ON TAKEOFF. NOSED DOWN ON LANDING. HAD MADE PRIOR HARD LANDING.

## 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 ATL90LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA181), Sep 26, 1990: Schweizer G-164B (N36303), Minturn, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A PREVIOUSLY FRACTURED MAIN WHEEL WHICH HAD RESULTED FROM A HARD LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS INADEQUATE INSPECTION BY THE OPERATOR.

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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