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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Scwzer G-164A · Edmore, MI · August 3, 2001

Date
August 3, 2001 · 07:15 local
Place
Edmore, MI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MRRG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N48575
Reported as
Scwzer G164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,300 total270 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was making a spray pass on a field and became confused as to his position relative to the previously noted wire crossing the middle of the field. As pilot started to pull up he struck the wire. The propeller was damaged, pilot made emergency landing in soft field, aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING A SPRAY PASS ON A FIELD AND BECAME CONFUSED AS TO HIS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE PREVIOUSLY NOTED WIRE CROSSING THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. AS PILOT STARTED TO PULL UP HE STRUCK THE WIRE. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN SOFT FIELD, AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.