# Accident 20130515007799A: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164D, Biggs, CA, May 15, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2013, 18:30 local time
- Place: Biggs, CA
- Airport: Chuck Jones Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: J2OG
- Location: 39.4597° N, 121.9292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4597&lon=-121.9292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83110, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164D (registry code 8059059, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G-164D
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130515007799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, NARRATIVE:

WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A SWATH I BELIEVE I CROSSED MY WAKE CAUSING A STALL THAT INVERTED THE AIRPLANE, THUS IMPACTING THE GROUND.

WHILE THE SCHWEIZER G-164-D PT-6A TURBINE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING FOR ANOTHER LOW PASS OVER A FLOODED RICE FIELD TO DISPENSE RICE SEED.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH ITS WAKE TURBULENCE THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SEVERELY STALL, THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DYNAMICALLY ROLL TO AN INVERTED POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE FLOODED FIELD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT ESCAPED UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 WPR13LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA233), May 16, 2013: Schweizer G-164D (N83110), Butte City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after an encounter with wake turbulence while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s fatigue due to extended hours…

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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