# Accident 20070504007579A: Scwzer G164B, Humphrey, AR, May 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Humphrey, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: J1ZG
- Location: 34.4017° N, 91.7617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4017&lon=-91.7617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N668FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N668FA-2015-05-04) (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)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,364 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070504007579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 4, 2007, APPROXIMATELY 1700 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A GRUMMAN ACFT-ENG-COR-SCHMEIZER G-164B, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N668FA, WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING POWER LINES AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN AN OPEN FIELD IN HUMPHREY, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AERIAL APPLICATOR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 137 AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE BASE STRIP AT 477 VALLIER ROAD DESTINED FOR THE RICE FIELD OF ARKANSAS HIGHWAY-79, NEAR HUMPHREY, AR. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE COMPLETED HIS LAST SPRAY RUN ON A RICE FIELD, HE DEPARTED THE AREA TO THE SOUTH, GAINED ALTITUDE, AND IMPACTED THE POWER LINES RUNNING PERPENDICULAR ACROSS THE FIELD. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE REPORTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ON MAY 7, 2007, A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT, REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CHI07CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA131), May 4, 2007: Grumman-Schweizer G-164B (N668FA), Humphrey, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient clearance between the airplane and the power lines. A factor was the power lines.

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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