# Accident 20050914022909A: Scwzer G164B, Delhi, LA, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Delhi, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SETG
- Location: 32.8333° N, 91.8833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8333&lon=-91.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6667Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6667Q-2006-06-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050914022909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGH POWER LINES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. UNABLE TO SPEAK WITH PILOT DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITION. (-23 AMENDMENT) PILOT WAS SPRAYING A FIELD THAT BUTTED AGAINST A CURVE IN A LEVEE NEAR HIGH TENSION POWER LINES. TO MAKE THE TURN HE HAD TO FLY UNDER THE POWER LINES AT AN ANGLE TO CREATE DISTANCE FROM THE TREES BEFORE HE COULD PULL UP AND TURN. HE LOST TRACK OF HIS POSITION AND EGRESSED TOO FAR UNDER THE POWERLINES TO MAKE THE SIDESTEP. HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD UNDER THE POWERLINES AND ATTEMPT A STEEP CLIMB ONCE CLEAR, BUT MISJUDGED HIS CLEARANCE. THE UPPER WING CLIPPED THE POWERLINE AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN THE TREES ALONG THE LEVEE.

## 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 DFW05CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA236), Sep 14, 2005: Grumman G-164B (N6667Q), Epps, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines.

## Other reports on N6667Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19870608019239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870608019239A), Jun 8, 1987: Scwzer G164B (N6667Q), Egypt, TX, Substantial damage. Engine failed. Aircraft hit a ditch on landing. Nunber 7 cylinder cracked. Water contaiminated fuel had been used.

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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