# Incident 20080513837699I: Scwzer G164A, Millville, NJ, May 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2008, 07:55 local time
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MWRG
- Location: 39.4021° N, 75.0393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4021&lon=-75.0393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48399-2025-09-17) (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 R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080513837699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 13, 2008, ABOUT 07:55 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT, GRUMMAN G-164A, N48399, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY.  THE AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 137.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM VINELAND-DOWNSTOWN AIRPORT (28N), NEAR VINELAND, NEW JERSEY, ABOUT 07:30 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AND WAS MANEUVERING AFTER THE LAST APPLICATION PASS WHEN THE FLIGHT SUSTAINED THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATLEY 3/4 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF MILLVILLE AIRPORT (MIV) RUNWAY 10.  A POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE NUMBER 8 ENGINE CYLINDER HAD FAILED.  THE CYLINDER CRACKED AT THE UPPER OIL DRAIN FITTING ON THE EXHAUST ROCKER HOUSING AND EXTENDING TO THE LOWER OIL DRAIN FITTING.  ENGINE MAINTENANCE RECORDS NOTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED IN MARCH OF 2004.  THE ENGINE HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 8,115 HOURS TOTAL TIME AND 357 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL.  THE ENGINE OVERHAUL WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY AERO ENGINES INC., A 14 CFR PART 145 REPAIR STATION, CERTIFICATE NUMBER VL2R244L.  A REVIEW OF AERO ENGINES WORK ORDER NUMBER 40583 INDICATED THAT AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD) 99-11-02 WAS COMPLIED WITH BY FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION.  THE LAST REPETITIVE VISUAL INSPECTION REQUIRE DBY AD 99-11-02 WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE ANNUAL INSPECTION ON FEBRUARY 7, 2008, APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS AGO.  INVESTIGATION WAS CONCLUDED AND A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 15, 2008.  ADDITIONALLY, THIS OFFICE SUBMITTED A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION TO ADD ADDITIONAL INSPECTION FOR CRACKS AROUND THE EXHAUST PORT AND VALVE HOUSING AREA BY TO REVISING PRAT AND WHITNEY SERVICE BULLETING NR 1787, DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 1983, AND AMENDING AD 99-11-02.

## Other reports on N48399 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920608053759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920608053759A), Jun 8, 1992: Scwzer G164A (N48399), Bridgeton, NJ, Substantial damage. Lifted near end of runway,banked sharply to avoid wires and stalled. Factors near gross weight hot calm day.

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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