# Accident 20150317006429A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Fordoche, LA, March 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2015, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fordoche, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3ORG
- Location: 30.5325° N, 91.4189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5325&lon=-91.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9755, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9755-2018-06-04) (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 R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 803 total, 450 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150317006429A

## Narrative

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

ON A PASS WHILE SPRAYING, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT CRASH LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD.

## 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 CEN15LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA175), Mar 17, 2015: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164A (N9755), New Roads, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to three stuck exhaust valves.

## Other reports on N9755 (2)

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

- [Accident 19890731030359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890731030359A), Jul 31, 1989: Scwzer G164A (N9755), Dawson, GA, Substantial damage. Collided with the ground during a spray run when an engine cylinder failed.
- [Accident 19890210001929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890210001929A), Feb 10, 1989: Scwzer G164A (N9755), Dawson, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Nosed over landing in a plowed field. Carburetor float leaked, flooding the engine.

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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