# Accident 19960615026879A: Scwzer G164B, Oslo, MN, June 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1996, 17:45 local time
- Place: Oslo, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: PVFG
- Location: 48.1900° N, 97.1208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1900&lon=-97.1208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36311 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R134051M1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,597 total, 3,555 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960615026879A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FOR AG OPERATION. DUMPED LOAD. HIT GROUND RIGHT WING FIRST. FLIPPED OVER. CARB ICING. (-23) AT 17:45 ON JUNE 15, 1996 AN MODEL G164B, N36311, REGISTERED TO TRACTOR SUPPLY CO., OPERATED BY AIRMAN DAVID L. BOLDHUIS, CERT. #477783929 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT WAS FOR APPLICATION OF AGRICULTURE HERBICIDE, AND WAS UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES WITH A DEW POINT OF 60 DEGREES. THE OPERATOR WORE BOTH HARNESS AND BELT RESTRAINTS WHICH REMAINED INTACT. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT OSLO, MN. AIRPORT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES EAST AND ONE MILE NORTH OF OSLO, MN 56744. PILOT STATES THAT AFTER A ROUTINE TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, HE FELT A LOSS OF POWER. HE STATES THAT HE IMMEDIATELY DUMPED THE LOAD AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND SETTLED TO THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTING THE GROUND. SUBSEQUENT PROPELLER AND RIGHT TIRE CONTACT OCCURRED. UNDER CONTINUING FORWARD MOVEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK SEVERING THE ENGINE AND MOUNT ASSEMBLY                                       FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 6O FEET FROM INITIAL GROUND CONTACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI96LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA203), Jun 15, 1996: Schweizer G164B (N36311), Oslo, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot not using carburetor heat when the engine began to lose power. Factors in this accident were carburetor ice formation and the soft landing surface the pilot had to use for landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.