# Accident 20110423007479A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Belhaven, NC, April 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2011, 08:38 local time
- Place: Belhaven, NC
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: RSEG
- Location: 35.4714° N, 76.6408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4714&lon=-76.6408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8896H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8896H-2011-10-20) (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 R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164A
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110423007479A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA11CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA260), Apr 23, 2011: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (N8896H), Belhaven, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance above crops while performing an aerial application flight.

## Other reports on N8896H (1)

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

- [Accident 19940810025329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940810025329A), Aug 10, 1994: Scwzer G164B (N8896H), Vanceboro, NC, Substantial damage. Landed on wet grass loading strip. Braked heavily 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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