# Accident 20100223028539A: Schweizer A G-164B, Byron, CA, February 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2010, 13:30 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MBHG
- Location: 37.5239° N, 121.3378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5239&lon=-121.3378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8494K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8494K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER A G-164B
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,581 total, 630 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223028539A

## Narrative

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

OPERATOR WAS CONDUCTING OPERATIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 137. PILOT HAD JUST FINISHED UP APPLYING A LOAD OF UREA AND WAS HEADING BACK TO THE OPERATOR'S LANDING STRIP WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER. BECAUSE AIRCRAFT WAS AT A LOW ALTITUDE PILOT HAD JUST ENOUGH TIME TO TURN INTO THE WIND AND LINE UP WITH AN OPEN TOMATO FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE WHEELS SUNK INTO THE MUDDY GROUND AND NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 WPR10LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA125), Feb 23, 2010: Schweizer G164B (N8494K), Byron, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to carburetor icing as a result of the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat.

## Other reports on N8494K (3)

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

- [Accident 20171024020289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171024020289A), Oct 24, 2017: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B (N8494K), Tracy, CA, Substantial damage. A Schweizer ag aircraft G-164B N8494K took off from haley flying service's private airport in Tracy, CA. For a training mission, pilot performed landings/take…
- [Incident 19970310007309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970310007309I), Mar 10, 1997: Scwzer G164B (N8494K), Esparto, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: while crop dusting a farm field 5 miles south of Esparto, CA aircraft experienced a complete power failure. Pilot landed aircraft in same field, on…
- [Accident 19860723035599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860723035599A), Jul 23, 1986: Scwzer G164B (N8494K), Harrisburg, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft would not climb after liftoff. Landed in a flooded rice field and nosed over.

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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