# Accident 19980922025739A: Scwzer G164A, Goodway, AL, September 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1998, 13:45 local time
- Place: Goodway, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: ZFRG
- Location: 31.3368° N, 87.4258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goodway, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3368&lon=-87.4258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9774, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9774-2001-06-13) (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 R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980922025739A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENCOUNTERED A RAIN SHOWER ON LANDING, STALLED, AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.23)ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1998, A GRUMMAN G-164A, N9774, OPERATED BY BOOKER FLYING SERVICE FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATION CRASHED WHILE LANDING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR AT LOW ALTITUDE AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE HIGH RATE OF DECENT BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND.  N9774 HIT THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. (FROM .4)  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD JUST COMPLETED SPRAYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS ON A NEARBY FARM FIELD AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON APPROACH HE ENCOUNTERED LIGHT RAIN. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND MAINTAINED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED EXPECTING POSSIBLE TURBULENCE FROM A NEARBY RAIN CLOUD. HE ENCOUNTERED 'BLINDING RAIN' AND STRUCK THE GROUND COMING TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT BELIEVED HE ENCOUNTERED A MICRO BURST.

## 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 ATL98LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA128), Sep 22, 1998: Grumman-Schweizer G-164A (N9774), Goodway, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued approach into known adverse weather which resulted in the pilot's loss of control, and subsequent inflight collision with terrain. A factor was the weather conditions.

## Other reports on N9774 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750628018809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750628018809A), Jun 28, 1975: Gulstm G164C (N9774), Iowa, LA, Substantial damage. Heavy rain occurred just bfor ldg.

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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