# Accident 19980606012539A: Scwzer G164, Somonauk, IL, June 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Somonauk, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6347° N, 88.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somonauk, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6347&lon=-88.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N710Y-2017-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980606012539A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 6, 1998, AT 1400 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN G164, N710Y, WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE, ENCOUNTERED CROPS AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN NEAR SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING AERIAL APPLICATIONS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LELAND, ILLINOIS, AT 1300 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. (.4)DURING PRACTICE AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS MAKING PRACTICE SPRAY RUNS OVER A WHEAT FIELD WHEN THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND AND ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR GOT INTO THE WHEAT.  HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER BEFORE THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.                                                    (-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING AERIAL APPLICATION MANEUVERS & PROCEDURES AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TOO LOW.  THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE CROPS AND THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO FLY OUT OF THE CONDITION.  THE                                                     AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED DOWN INTO THE CROPS AND IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED.

## 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 CHI98LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA192), Jun 6, 1998: Grumman G164 (N710Y), Somonauk, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of distance. Factors were wind gusts and crops.

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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