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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Mansfield, SD · August 10, 2011

Date
August 10, 2011 · 19:00 local
Place
Mansfield, SD
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N127FC
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11LA563
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot privacy data omitted took off from a private strip near Mansfield, SD. After take off he lost power and put the aircraft down in a soy bean field, the aircraft ground looped causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot escaped without injury.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR MANSFIELD, SD. AFTER TAKE OFF HE LOST POWER AND PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A SOY BEAN FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.

NTSB investigation

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