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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A · Alfalfa, OR · February 17, 2015

Date
February 17, 2015 · 17:19 local
Place
Alfalfa, OR
Airport
Goering Ranches
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4863
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR15LA106
Reported as
Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total3,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft engine lost power over airport and the pilot landed the aircraft in an adjacent field. On rollout the left landing gear wheel struck a set of old tires and the aircraft flipped over. The vertical stablizer and rudder collapsed. The left lower wing and aileron were both torn by a barbed wire fence on the edge of the field, and both wing tip extenstions were damaged. One propeller blade was bent. No injuries to the only occupant, the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER OVER AIRPORT AND THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN ADJACENT FIELD. ON ROLLOUT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WHEEL STRUCK A SET OF OLD TIRES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE VERTICAL STABLIZER AND RUDDER COLLAPSED. THE LEFT LOWER WING AND AILERON WERE BOTH TORN BY A BARBED WIRE FENCE ON THE EDGE OF THE FIELD, AND BOTH WING TIP EXTENSTIONS WERE DAMAGED. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT. NO INJURIES TO THE ONLY OCCUPANT, THE PILOT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.