# Accident 20020718038329A: Scwzer G164, Browning, IL, July 18, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Browning, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: YTSG
- Location: 40.1270° N, 90.3730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Browning, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1270&lon=-90.3730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N623U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N623U-2018-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020718038329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT OPERATOR WAS SOWING MILLET SEED FOR A DUCK HUNTING CLUB. THE AIRMAN STATED HE HAD FINISHED A SWATH RUN AND WAS COMPLETING A TURN AROUND WHEN HE BECAME DISTRACTED ATTEMPTING TO SEE HOW MUCH SEED WAS LEFT IN THE HOPPER. HE INADVERTENTLY STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN BEGAN STALL RECOVERY PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH A HIGH SINK RATE IN A WINGS LEVEL, NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK AFTER CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, BOTH UPPER AND LOW WINGS AND THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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