# Incident 19960915035619I: Scwzer G164A, Trenton, NC, September 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Trenton, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: WNEG
- Location: 35.0633° N, 77.3546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0633&lon=-77.3546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8866H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8866H-2001-05-22) (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)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960915035619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. PILOT TRIED TO RETURN TO HOME FIELD BUT COULD NOT HOLD ALTITUDE. LANDED IN TREE TOPS ABOUT 300-400 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY. INCIDENT WILL BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER WHEN AIRCRAFT IS REMOVED FROM TREES.

## Other reports on N8866H (1)

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

- [Accident 19980702015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702015929A), Jul 2, 1998: Scwzer G164A (N8866H), Lubbock, TX, Destroyed. Acrt lost power and crashed into a field. Lubbock, TX. (.4) the 800 hour pilot reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge that shortly after a normal takeoff,…

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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