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FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Belhaven, NC · April 23, 2011

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Date
April 23, 2011 · 08:38 local
Place
Belhaven, NC
Airport
N/A
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
RSEG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8896H
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA260
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total600 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days
N8896HRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2011 · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AS/N 1554 · Built 1975Airframe modelGrumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft was found lying on its left side in an 800 acre wheat field facing the direction it had been flying. Wheel marks began in the tops of the wheat approximately 180 yards from the final crash site and continued for approximately 45 yards where they began to sink into the wheat deeper. At this point the tops of the wheat began to show signs of the propeller making contact with them. Approximately 78 yards further along the aircraft's track, a small ground scar from the propeller striking the ground was found and the wheel marks dissappeared. At approximately 31 yards further down the aircraft's course of travel, there was a large ground scar where it appears the aircraft struck the ground in a nose down attitude. From this point on, for approximately 13 yards, the wheat showed damage from the aircraft beginning to break up and flip over before coming to a stop. The aircraft engine was found (with the propeller attached) 16 yards further down the crash path from the aircraft wreckage. There are at least three shallow ditches along the approximately 180 yard crash path. It does not appear that the aircraft wheels actually touched down in any of these ditches.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND LYING ON ITS LEFT SIDE IN AN 800 ACRE WHEAT FIELD FACING THE DIRECTION IT HAD BEEN FLYING. WHEEL MARKS BEGAN IN THE TOPS OF THE WHEAT APPROXIMATELY 180 YARDS FROM THE FINAL CRASH SITE AND CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 YARDS WHERE THEY BEGAN TO SINK INTO THE WHEAT DEEPER. AT THIS POINT THE TOPS OF THE WHEAT BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF THE PROPELLER MAKING CONTACT WITH THEM. APPROXIMATELY 78 YARDS FURTHER ALONG THE AIRCRAFT'S TRACK, A SMALL GROUND SCAR FROM THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND WAS FOUND AND THE WHEEL MARKS DISSAPPEARED. AT APPROXIMATELY 31 YARDS FURTHER DOWN THE AIRCRAFT'S COURSE OF TRAVEL, THERE WAS A LARGE GROUND SCAR WHERE IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. FROM THIS POINT ON, FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 YARDS, THE WHEAT SHOWED DAMAGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT BEGINNING TO BREAK UP AND FLIP OVER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS FOUND (WITH THE PROPELLER ATTACHED) 16 YARDS FURTHER DOWN THE CRASH PATH FROM THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE. THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE SHALLOW DITCHES ALONG THE APPROXIMATELY 180 YARD CRASH PATH. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS ACTUALLY TOUCHED DOWN IN ANY OF THESE DITCHES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA11CA260Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportBelhaven, NCThe pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance above crops while performing an aerial application flight.Apr 23, 2011 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8896H · 1

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

Accident 19940810025329ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Vanceboro, NCLanded on wet grass loading strip. Braked heavily and nosed over.Aug 10, 1994 · Reported as Scwzer G164B · Substantial damage