# Incident 19980527026199I: Scwzer G164B, Dermott, AR, May 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1998, 19:39 local time
- Place: Dermott, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.5262° N, 91.4323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dermott, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5262&lon=-91.4323&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8961H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8961H) (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)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3316
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 275 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980527026199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST ENGINE THRUST DURING AERIAL APPLICATION MOMENTARILY, RECOVERED THEN LOST THRUST AGAIN. HE DECIDED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD IN VICINTIY. DURING LANDING HE TOUCHED DOWN ON LOOSE DIRT AND AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD ONTO TURNING PROP, DAMAGING PROP AND ENGINE. NO INJURY TO PILOT. CAUSE OF LOSS OF ENGINE THRUST APPEARS TO BE CONTAMINATED FUEL. WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL FILTER.

## Other reports on N8961H (2)

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

- [Incident 19931201050759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931201050759I), Dec 1, 1993: Scwzer G164B (N8961H), Oak Grove, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a temporary guide wire while performing aerial applications. Made precautionary landing in field.
- [Accident 19840809040489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840809040489A), Aug 9, 1984: Scwzer G164B (N8961H), Tallulah, LA, Destroyed. Failed to flair for a swath run after a turn around and flew into the ground.

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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