# Accident 20150217001189A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Alfalfa, OR, February 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2015, 17:19 local time
- Place: Alfalfa, OR
- Airport: Goering Ranches
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0950° N, 120.9433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0950&lon=-120.9433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4863, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4863) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150217001189A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA106), Feb 18, 2015: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164A (N4863), Alfalfa, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined, because examination of the engine did not reveal any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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