# Incident 19981013040259I: Scwzer G164A, Bridgeton, NJ, October 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1998, 10:10 local time
- Place: Bridgeton, NJ
- Airport: Bucks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.4737° N, 75.1846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKS (00N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4737&lon=-75.1846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6743Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6743Q-2018-05-31) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 800 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/19981013040259I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED (00N) TO CONDUCT AN AERIAL FERTILIZING OPERATION WITH 1850 POUNDS OF FERTILIZER IN THE HOPPER. 2000 POUNDS IS THE MAXIMUM HOPPER WEIGHT.  WHILE DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 18 THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB.  AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ALTITUDE THE HOPPER EMERGENCY DUMP WAS ACTIVATED, THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, WITH NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ON 10/14/98 PERSONNEL OF THE PHILADELPHIA FSDO PERFORMED A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT BUCKS AIRPORT.  THIS INSPECTION SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE.

## Other reports on N6743Q (4)

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

- [Accident 20140718012759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140718012759A), Jul 18, 2014: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A (N6743Q), Fairview, KS, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed atchison, KS airport (K59) at 0820 on 7-18-2014 for a flight to sebetha, KS (K83) to return from having the aircraft brakes resealed.…
- [Accident 19871008059069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871008059069A), Oct 8, 1987: Scwzer G164A (N6743Q), Port Allen, LA, Substantial damage. Power lost. Forced landing in a field. Aircraft came to rest inverted. Found cylinder fracture cause of power loss.
- [Accident 19830511018649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830511018649A), May 11, 1983: Scwzer G164A (N6743Q), Bastrop, LA, Substantial damage. Struck a ditch and flipped over while landing on a farm strip. Did not see ditch on aerial runway inspection.
- [Accident 19810608030649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810608030649A), Jun 8, 1981: Grumav G164A (N6743Q), Bonita, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped inverted during emergency landing in soft field.

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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