# Incident 20030711014459I: Scwzer G164B, Rayville, LA, July 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Rayville, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.4710° N, 91.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rayville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4710&lon=-91.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2LU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (registry code 3979904, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164b) (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 G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030711014459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING GPS APPROACHES AND WHILE OVER A FIELD AT ABOUT 600 FEET, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT MADE A 160 DEGREE TURN BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT (RAYVILLE), THE AIRCRAFT LOST SUBSTANTIAL ALTITUDE AND LANDED IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD AND TORE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OFF AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2LU (3)

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

- [Accident 20110527015879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527015879A), May 27, 2011: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (N2LU), Oak Ridge, LA, Substantial damage. While in turn over woods aircraft loss power, settled into trees.
- [Accident 20010828024169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828024169A), Aug 28, 2001: Scwzer G164B (N2LU), Rayville, LA, No damage. (-23) During aerial application, the pilot completed a pass and began to pull up. A single backfire was heard and the pilot continued his climb to 200-300…
- [Accident 19971124034879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971124034879A), Nov 24, 1997: Scwzer G164B (N2LU), Lecompte, LA, Substantial damage. Acft stalled on take off and struck trees. Lecompte, LA. (.4)during the initial climb, at about 50 to 75 feet AGL, the instructor noticed that the airspeed was…

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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