# Accident 19981203032869A: Scwzer G164B, Naponee, NE, December 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Naponee, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.0707° N, 99.1305° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0707&lon=-99.1305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6676Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6676Q) (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: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,477 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203032869A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES DURING AERIAL APPLICAITON. (.19) ON DECEMBER 3, 1998, AT 0930 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A GRUMMAN G-164B, N6676Q, OEPRATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT IN NAPONEE, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14 CFR PART 137 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP IN NAPONEE, NEBRASKA, APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.                              (.4) THE PILOT MADE A SWATH RUN TO THE SOUTH. HE MADE A TURN BACK TO THE NORTH AND WAS FLYING ANOTHER SWATH RUN AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER ALTITUDE WHEN THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TWO OF THREE WIRES WHICH CROSSED THE FIELD. THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED, ROLLED 360 DEGREES, AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE BEING SPRAYED WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A 'CANYON'. THE POLES FROM WHICH THE WIRES WERE SUSPENDED WERE ON HILLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANYON. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE PILOT HAD SPRAYED THIS PARTICULAR FIELD AND HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE WIRES.

## 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 CHI99LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA046), Dec 3, 1998: Grumman G-164B (N6676Q), Naponee, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to identify the wires prior to spraying the field and the low altitude at which the pilot was flying. A factor was the wires which the airplane contacted.

## Other reports on N6676Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20120730016349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120730016349A), Jul 30, 2012: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N6676Q), Big Springs, NE, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed with full fuel (80 gallons) and 160 gallons of (brigade) chemical. During climb out the aircraft lost power. The pilot dumped the chemical…

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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