# Accident 20050804018639A: Scwzer G164, Sabana Grande, PR, August 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2005, 07:11 local time
- Place: Sabana Grande, PR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: IZSG
- Location: 18.0500° N, 67.0597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0500&lon=-67.0597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N460Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755A series (registry code 35006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,245 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804018639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^, PILOT OF N460Y, WHILE SPRAYING FERTILIZER AT A FARM IN SABANA GRANDE, DURING A TURN, HE EXPERIENCED A STRONG DOWNDRAFT IN WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. THIS RESULTED IN A CRASH IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AT THE BACKYARD OF A PRIVATE HOUSE. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED OTHER THAN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ THAT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA05CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA144), Aug 4, 2005: Grumman American G-164 (N460Y), Sabana Grande, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a downdraft in mountainous terrain resulting in an uncontrolled descent and collision with the terrain.

## Other reports on N460Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19761101039329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761101039329A), Nov 1, 1976: Grumav G164 (N460Y), Yauco, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Top compression rings from cyl 1-2-3 and lower compression ring cyl 5 failed.

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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