# Incident 19960601024449I: Scwzer G164, Faulkton, SD, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Faulkton, SD
- Airport: Faulkton Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 45.0307° N, 99.1129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAULKTON MUNI (3FU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0307&lon=-99.1129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8943H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8943H) (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 G164
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 150 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601024449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED UNSUSPECTED STRONG GUSTY CROSSWINDS THAT WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ABORTED HIS TAKEOFF AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE HE COULD GET THE AIRCRAFT FULLY STOPPED. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED A BARBED WIRE FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS ADVISED TO BE MORE OBSERVANT OF UNPREDICTABLE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AND TURBULENCE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS.

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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