# Incident 20000707027669I: Scwzer G164B, Decatur, MI, July 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Decatur, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.1077° N, 85.9750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1077&lon=-85.9750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48417, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48417-2013-10-29) (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)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Pilot flight hours: 14,900 total, 860 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/20000707027669I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT WAS SPRAYING A CELERY CROP AND HAD TO FLY UNDER THE WIRES TO GET THE DESIRED CONVERAGE. HE WAS JUST ENTERING THE AREA TO CROSS UNDER THE WIRE WHEN A THERMAL CAUSED HIS RIGHT WING TO RAISE AND STRIKE THE WIRE ABOUT TWO FEET FROM THE WING TIP.  THE WIRE BROKE AND PUT A MINOR DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.  HE FINISHED HIS RUN AND RETURNED TO HIS BASE WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N48417 (5)

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

- [Accident 20101001051719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101001051719A), Oct 1, 2010: Grumman Acf G-164B (N48417), Edison, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot reported that on 10-01-2010, while landing to the south at his privately owned strip in Edison, GA., his right brake failed causing him to lose control…
- [Accident 20020906038779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906038779A), Sep 6, 2002: Scwzer G164B (N48417), Martin, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) This part 137, accident occurred at 1045 EDT on September 6, 2002. On takeoff at 50 mph with a full load of fungicide mixture, the right aft hopper lid…
- [Incident 19990407019289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990407019289I), Apr 7, 1999: Scwzer G164B (N48417), Nunica, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft made a normal landing on runway 26. After the tail wheel contacted the ground the pilot selected the "bata range" and the tail wheel started to rise…
- [Accident 19880817033919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880817033919A), Aug 17, 1988: Scwzer G164B (N48417), Schoolcraft, MI, Substantial damage. Hose on spray boom separated on a spray run. Elected to land on narrow road. Wing caught corn stalks. Ground looped
- [Incident 19830817051849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830817051849I), Aug 17, 1983: Scwzer G164B (N48417), Stanley, NY, Minor damage. Engine was struck by a rifle shot while pilot was pulling up from a spray run. Believed to be actions of a farmer.

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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