# Accident 20030520009519A: Scwzer G164A, North Platte, NE, May 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2003, 16:25 local time
- Place: North Platte, NE
- Airport: Lee Bird Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1261° N, 100.6836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1261&lon=-100.6836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7855, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7855) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,031 total, 16 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030520009519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT NORTH PLATTE FOR FUEL, DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM DOVER, DELAWARE TO WYOMING, THE PILOT LANDEDON RUNWAY 35. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE PILOT TO COUNTER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE SIDE LOAD TO THE LEFT WHICH BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. UPON ENTERING THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE LEFT LOWER WING AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. DAMAGE CONSISTS OF: SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE, BENT PROPELLER, FUSELAGE MAIN "I" BEAM STRUCTURE BROKEN LEFT SIDE AND FORWARD AND AFT LOWER LEFT WING SPARS BENT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CHI03LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA132), May 20, 2003: Grumman G-164A (N7855), North Platte, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the collapse of the main landing gear. A factor to the accident was the quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N7855 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760329009759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760329009759A), Mar 29, 1976: Grumav G164A (N7855), Frederick, DE, Substantial damage. Fuel valve was not completely open even though control handle was full on.

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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