# Accident 20050721015629A: Scwzer G164A, Tallulah, LA, July 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2005, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tallulah, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: JOOG
- Location: 32.2833° N, 91.1233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2833&lon=-91.1233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8891H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8891H-2012-11-15) (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 R1340*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050721015629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATION AND HAD JUST COMPLETED SECOND PASS AND PULLUP WHEN ENGINE VIBRATION/SHUDDER WAS FELT AND ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT INITIALLY TURNED TO THE SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION OF NEARBY LANDING STRIP BUT ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND BEGAN SMOKING. PILOT FELT GRAVEL ROAD UP AHEAD WAS NOT SAFE FOR LANDING AND ELECTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN BACK TOWARDS A ROAD BEHIND HIM WHICH HE FELT COULD BETTER ACCOMMODATE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. ENGINE THEN LOST ALL POWER AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A COTTON FIELD ADJACENT TO THE ONE HE HAD JUST BEEN SPRAYING. AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING IN THE COTTON FIELD ON A DIAGONAL TRACK TO THE COTTON FIELD FURROWS AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. PILOT HAD CHEMICAL INSECTICIDE DUMPED ON TOP OF HIM BUT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT SO UNSTRAPPED AND EGRESSED FROM THE INVERTED AIRCRAFT. AS SMELL OF FUEL WAS STRONG, PILOT RAN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT TO A NEARBY ROAD BUT AIRCRAFT DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE.

## 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 DFW05CA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA186), Jul 21, 2005: Grumman-Schweizer G-164A (N8891H), Tallulah, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power as result of the fracture of the number five-cylinder exhaust valve rocker arm mounting boss. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced…

## Other reports on N8891H (1)

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

- [Accident 19760817023309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817023309A), Aug 17, 1976: Gulstm G164C (N8891H), Lake Providnce, LA, Substantial damage

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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