# Accident 20060723022689A: Scwzer G164A, Vineland, NJ, July 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2006, 06:45 local time
- Place: Vineland, NJ
- Airport: Vineland-Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MWRG
- Location: 39.5375° N, 74.9664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5375&lon=-74.9664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6620Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6620Q) (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 R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060723022689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS THE FIRST OF THE DAY. TAXI, RUNUP WAS NORMAL. PILOT POSITIONED ACFT FOR TAKEOFF, TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL THROUGH GROUND RUN AND ROTATION, WHEN CLIMB WAS ESTABLISHED PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT TURN FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. DURING THE TURN PILOT STATED THE ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, LOST ALL POWER WITH A PUFF OF SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST AND PROP STOPPED. HE NOSED THE AIRCRAFT OVER AND IT IMPACTED THE GROUND (FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD) APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES FROM RUNWAY HEADING. AFTER GROUND IMPACT THE ACFT TURNED OVER CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER. THE INTEGRITY OF THE CABIN HELD, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RELEASE HIS BELTS AND CRAWL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AT THAT POINT AIRPORT PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND SINCE HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS BACK HE WAS ADVISED TO REMAIN ON THE GROUND WHICH HE DID UNTIL TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. PILOT REMAINED HOSPITALIZED 07-25-06. SEE BLOCK 43.

## 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 NYC06LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA180), Jul 23, 2006: Grumman G-164A (N6620Q), Vineland, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to foreign object damage for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the furrowed field.

## Other reports on N6620Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19960514010459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514010459A), May 14, 1996: Scwzer G164A (N6620Q), Vineland, NJ, Substantial damage. Engine smoked backfired on takeoff. Dropped load. Nosed over landing plowed area. NR8 cylinder barrel cracked open.
- [Accident 19820527019519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820527019519A), May 27, 1982: Scwzer G164A (N6620Q), Frederick, MD, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Engine quit. Struck a vehicle during emergency landing on a highway. Dirty water in fuel.

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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