# Accident 20080725840989A: Scwzer G164, Newport, AR, July 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Newport, AR
- Airport: Newport Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1MKG
- Location: 35.9589° N, 91.1697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9589&lon=-91.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N519Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N519Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER G164
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 572 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080725840989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 25, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 CDT A GRUMMAN G-164, N519Y, DEPARTED NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 72212 (M19), FROM RUNWAY 22.  AFTER TURNING SOUTHEAST THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DECENDING RAPIDILY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A CORNFIELD NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AND THEN INVERTED ONTO ITS TOP COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THERE WAS NO POST IMMPACT FIRE BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS WINGS, LANDING GEAR, PROP AND ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 137 AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 DFW08CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA199), Jul 25, 2008: Grumman G-164A (N519Y), Newport, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the high temperature and tailwind.

## Other reports on N519Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20040716017849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716017849A), Jul 16, 2004: Scwzer G164 (N519Y), Danville, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 16, 2004, at 1320 CDT, a Grumman ag cat, G-164-164, N519Y, sustained substantial damage when it collided with an electrical power line and…

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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