# Accident 20030529011649A: Scwzer G164A, Seneca, KS, May 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Seneca, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HN9G
- Location: 39.8472° N, 96.1128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8472&lon=-96.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29SK-2017-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (registry code 3952801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-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 R1340AN1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030529011649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER APPLYING BRAKES DURING LANDING. HE STATED THAT AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT, EXITED THE RUNWAY, AND SLID SIDEWAYS, TO THE LEFT, IN A SHALLOW GRASS COVERED DITCH UNTIL IT IMPACTED A BANK OF DIRT.

## 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 CHI03LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA142), May 29, 2003: Grumman G-164A (N29SK), Seneca, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the collapse of the left main landing gear strut and the ditch.

## Other reports on N29SK (2)

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

- [Accident 19900621023889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621023889A), Jun 21, 1990: Scwzer G164A (N29SK), Tekoa, WA, Destroyed. Landing wing low for crosswind. Spray boom and wing caught in tall grass on edge of strip. Left runway,hit a ditch.
- [Accident 19760409013939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760409013939A), Apr 9, 1976: Gulstm G164C (N29SK), Nezperce, ID, Substantial damage. Nr 7 exhaust valve pushrod broke

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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