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Incident

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164 · Casselton · July 8, 1997

Date
July 8, 1997 · 13:15 local
Place
Casselton
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WFOG
Aircraft
N613U
Reported as
Scwzer G164
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,230 total150 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: engine cylinder flew off the engine during spray run. Pilot landed airplane at the next suitable field without any damage to airplane. Airworthiness was involved because one engine cylinder failed separated from the crankcase.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ENGINE CYLINDER FLEW OFF THE ENGINE DURING SPRAY RUN. PILOT LANDED AIRPLANE AT THE NEXT SUITABLE FIELD WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE. AIRWORTHINESS WAS INVOLVED BECAUSE ONE ENGINE CYLINDER FAILED SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKCASE.