# Accident 20140513007239A: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, Biggs, CA, May 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Biggs, CA
- Airport: Jones Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NHWG
- Location: 39.4597° N, 121.6961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4597&lon=-121.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3633C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3633C) (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: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140513007239A

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF POWER ON TAKEOFF FROM JONES AIRSTRIP.  JUST BROKE GRAOUND AT TIME OF FAILURE.  HIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT FROM END OF RUNWAY  WENT ACROSS DITACH TEARING LANDING GEAR OFRF, AIRCRAFT SPREADER TOTAL DAMAGE AND SKID INTO RICE FIELD CAUSING EXTNESIVE DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND MOTOR MLUNT/NACELLE

## 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 WPR14LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA201), May 13, 2014: Schweizer G 164B (N3633C), Biggs, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The assembler’s improper fabrication of a fuel line (hose) and the subsequent failure to verify that it was not occluded, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power during…

## Other reports on N3633C (3)

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

- [Accident 20100521005679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100521005679A), May 21, 2010: Schweizer A G-164B (N3633C), Robbins, CA, Substantial damage. On may 21, 2010, N3633C, a Schweizer G-164B agcat was being flown during an agricultural seeding operation near Robbins, CA. During the flight, the pilot…
- [Accident 19920225009119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920225009119A), Feb 25, 1992: Scwzer G164B (N3633C), Dixon, CA, Substantial damage. Tried to depart soft mud ag strip with full load. Unable climb, settled. Ran off end runway and nosed over.
- [Accident 19880730028519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880730028519A), Jul 30, 1988: Scwzer G164B (N3633C), Robbins, CA, Substantial damage. Sprayboom contacted weeds on edge of the landing strip causing aircraft to swing into an embankment.

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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