# Accident 20120713015169A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Darksville, MO, July 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Darksville, MO
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.5419° N, 92.5878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5419&lon=-92.5878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6846Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6846Q-2012-09-12) (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: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164A
- Reported engine: P&W R985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 15 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA440) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713015169A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MBY TO RETURN TO THE WORKSITE, WITH 80 GALLONS OF 100LL FUEL AND 200 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL ON BOARD. DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE WORK SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,250 FT.AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING BACK TO THE WORKSITE, IT WAS FLYING IN AN UNUSUALLY NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO SPRAY THE FIELD AND ON A TURN AROUND TO BEGIN THE NEXT SWATH, THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET HIGH. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 304 FEET FROM THE TREE IN A RIGHT WING LOW, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. A POST-CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN12LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA440), Jul 13, 2012: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (N6846Q), Darksville, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain clearance from a tree line at the completion of an agricultural spray run.

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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