# Incident 20130803013439I: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, Modoc, IN, August 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2013, 19:25 local time
- Place: Modoc, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TM6G
- Location: 40.0455° N, 85.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modoc, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0455&lon=-85.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N842WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N842WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G-164B
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130803013439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED AERIAL SPRAYING AND WAS RETURNING TO CONNERSVILLE AIRPORT WHEN HE OBSERVED THE ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE INDICATION DROPPING RAPIDLY (LOSS OF POWER). HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NORTH TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON INDIANA STATE ROUTE 1. HE OBSERVED A SET OF POWER LINES ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND LANDED HARD TO AVOID THEM (PASSING UNDERNEATH). THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT LANDING GEAR TIRE TO BLOW AND THE PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK THE ROAD SURFACE (THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING WHEN THE BLADES CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET ON THE ROAD SURFACE (IN A NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION) UNTIL LEAVING THE ROAD SURFACE INTO A ROADSIDE DRAINAGE DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN (PROP SPINNER DAMAGED) IN THE SOFT SOIL, FACING NORTHEAST AFTER THE UPPER AND LOWER LEFT WINGTIPS AND THE LOWER RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE SOIL.

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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