# Accident 19940822022709A: Scwzer G164A, Clifton, IL, August 22, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1994, 19:33 local time
- Place: Clifton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: BSJG
- Location: 40.9347° N, 87.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clifton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9347&lon=-87.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8971H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8971H-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (registry code 3952801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA292) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940822022709A

## Narrative

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

CONTACTED KNOW POWER LINE DURING A PROCEDURE SPRAY TURN. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 CHI94LA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA292), Aug 23, 1994: Grumman G-164A (N8971H), Clifton, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilots failure to keep visual contact with and to avoid unmarked powerlines adjacent to the crop field he was spraying.

## Other reports on N8971H (1)

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

- [Accident 19810427020179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810427020179A), Apr 27, 1981: Grumav G164A (N8971H), Rosharon, TX, Destroyed. Brake failed during taxi to load after landing. Ground-looped to avoid truck. Struck a ditch.

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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