# Accident 20040811021019A: Scwzer G164B, Moville, IA, August 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2004, 11:10 local time
- Place: Moville, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: F1ZG
- Location: 42.4656° N, 95.9528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4656&lon=-95.9528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48424, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48424-2007-07-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,303 total, 936 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040811021019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THIS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE CENTER SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, STARTING AT THE ENGINE TO A POINT APPROXIMATELY 6' FORWARD OF THE RUDDER.

## 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 CHI04LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA220), Aug 11, 2004: Allied Ag Cat Productions G-164B (N48424), Moville, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. Contributing factors were low altitude flying and the tree.

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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