# Accident 20040610016759A: Scwzer G164B, Hope, ND, June 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2004, 07:00 local time
- Place: Hope, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NXBG
- Location: 47.3283° N, 97.6783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3283&lon=-97.6783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48517, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48517-2024-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-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: 530 total, 450 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040610016759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A TREE BRANCH WHILE SPRAYING ALONG A SHELTER BELT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT THE BRANCH WAS STICKING OUT A FEW FEET BEYOND THE REST OF THE TREES AND HE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE.

## 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 CHI04CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA151), Jun 10, 2004: Grumman-Schweizer G-164B (N48517), Hope, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the tree branches during the aerial-application flight. A factor to the accident was the trees.

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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