# Accident 20090908018029A: Scwzer G164A, Scottsbluff, NE, September 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: Western Neb. Regional/William B. H
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LRHG
- Location: 41.2295° N, 103.6497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2295&lon=-103.6497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6761Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6761Q) (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: GARRTT TPE3312201A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,533 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA574](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA574) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090908018029A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009, AT 0830 MDT, A GRUMMAN G-164A AG CAT, N6761Q, REGISTERED TO REISIG BROTHERS AERIAL SPRAY INC., LOST POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT RETURNING FROM A FIELD 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIMBALL, NEBRASKA, TO SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA AIRPORT (KBFF).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LOSS OF POWER HE SECURED ENGINE BY ACTUATING THE EMERGENCY FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE.  PILOT THEN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN ROUGH TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE HULL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED TO THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT.  NO OTHER FACTORS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN09LA574](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA574), Sep 8, 2009: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (N6761Q), Kimball, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to improper installation of an oil line fitting resulting in oil depletion.

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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