# Accident 19970903025049A: Scwzer G164B, Larimore, ND, September 3, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1997
- Place: Larimore, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 47.9008° N, 97.6206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9008&lon=-97.6206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8326K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8326K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970903025049A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWERLINE DURING AERIAL APPLICATION. CRASHED AND BURNED. (-23) ON 09/03/97 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 CDT, GRUMMAN G-164-G, N8362K OWNED BY JEROME BAKKE, DBA BAKKE FLYING SERVICE (LTPG) AND FLOWN BY LARRY ARDEN SKOW WAS DESTROYED AFTER A WIRE STRIKE AND POST CRASH FIRE WHILE MANEUVERING DURING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL OPERATIONS IN VMC CONDITIONS. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS MEDEVACED TO RAMSY BURN CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS WHERE HE DIED OF INJURIES ON 09/13/97.  EYEWITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT SPUN VERTICALLY OUT OF CONTROL AFTER HITTING THE HIGH TENSION WIRES, FLIPPING RIGHT SIDE UP PRIOR TO 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 CHI97LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA278), Sep 3, 1997: Schweizer G-164B (N8326K), Larimore, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot delaying the swath run turnaround maneuver at the end of the field boundary, and his failure to maintain clearance between the airplane and the high tension wires. A factor was the pilot's…

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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