# Incident 20060515010669I: Scwzer G164A, Garwood, TX, May 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Garwood, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KDFG
- Location: 29.4415° N, 96.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garwood, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4415&lon=-96.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5354, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5354-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 (registry code 51659, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 28,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060515010669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAXIING SOUTH ON A DUSTER STRIP FOR TAKE OFF TO THE NORTH, PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED INTO A BERM AND DITCH AT THE SOUTHMOST END OF THE STRIP, SHEARING OFF THE RIGHT GEAR LEG AND FOLDING THE LEFT GEAR FORWARD. PROPELLER WAS CURLED FROM IMPACT WITH THE BERM AND DITCH. OTHER MINOR WING SKIN DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THE SPRAY APPARATUS WAS DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT.

## Other reports on N5354 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820802051379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820802051379I), Aug 2, 1982: Scwzer G164A (N5354), Garwood, TX, Minor damage. Engine failed after takeoff. Flipped over on emergency landing. Super charger impeller bearing failure.

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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