# Incident 20140820015179I: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Sheridan, IN, August 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sheridan, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 2MOG
- Location: 40.1350° N, 86.2205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1350&lon=-86.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5449, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5449) (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 R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 503 total, 64 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140820015179I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2014 A GRUMMAN AG CAT WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N5449 STRUCK A POWERLINE WHILE CONDUCTING AERIAL APPLICATIONS IN SHERIDAN, INDIANA.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED GOUGES TO THE "N" STRUTS, CABANE STRUTS AND A BENT AILERON STRUT ROD END. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE SHERIDAN INDIANA AIRPORT.

AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS AWARE OF THE POWERLINE. THE PILOT DID MAKE AN "OBSERVATION PASS" PRIOR TO STARTING THE AERIAL APPLICATION. THE POWERLINES AND ITS POLES WERE NOT VISIBILE ON THIS PASS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.

## Other reports on N5449 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950705020639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950705020639I), Jul 5, 1995: Scwzer G164A (N5449), Hazelton, ID, Minor damage. Ground looped on wheel landing when tail was lowered. Flipped over. Tailwheel malfunction.
- [Accident 19760519013019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760519013019A), May 19, 1976: Gulstm G164C (N5449), El Campo, TX, Substantial damage. Nr 4 cyl head failed. Hit levee in rice fld.

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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