# Accident 19960719019029A: Scwzer G164, Bainbridge, GA, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.9756° N, 84.5696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9756&lon=-84.5696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N697Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N697Y-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 5 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719019029A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON PRACTICE AERIAL APPLICATION. PULLED UP LATE FROM WATER SPRAY RUN. STALLED AFTER TREE IMPACT.

## 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 ATL96LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA110), Jul 19, 1996: Grumman-Schweizer 164 (N697Y), Bainbridge, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the clearance from the trees during the swath run that resulted in the collision.

## Other reports on N697Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19940811036189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940811036189I), Aug 11, 1994: Scwzer G164 (N697Y), Owlwein, IA, Minor damage. Aware of two power lines on spray run. Focused on one and flew through other.

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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