# Accident 20080718841199A: Scwzer G164A, Bovina, TX, July 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: Bovina, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: K13G
- Location: 34.3797° N, 102.7203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3797&lon=-102.7203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7832, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7832-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080718841199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 18, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 GMT, N7832, A GRUMMAN G-164A DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR BOVINA, TEXAS CONDUCTING AERIAL AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 137 OVER A FIELD 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOVINA, TEXAS. FOLLOWING A DOWNWIND TURN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DESCEND. THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND HEARD THE ENGINE ACCELERATE. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DUMP OF CHEMICALS BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. WHEN THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. NO FUEL WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THEY DRAINED ABOUT 50 GALLONS BEFORE THEY TRANSPORTED THE AIRCRAFT. ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AFT AND THE OTHER DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS INDICATIVE OF AN ENGINE NOT PRODUCING POWER. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 DFW08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA192), Jul 18, 2008: Grumman G-164A (N7832), Bovina, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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