# Accident 20150612008949A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Foster, NE, June 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2015, 12:15 local time
- Place: Foster, NE
- Airport: Bloomfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: B49G
- Location: 42.2739° N, 97.6644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2739&lon=-97.6644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48687, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48687-2016-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Reported engine: P&W R-1340
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,006 total, 95 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150612008949A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CDT, A GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT, MODEL G-164B, S/N 157B, N48687 DEPARTED BLOOMFIELD NEBRASKA AIRPORT (84Y) TO CONDUCT AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO A PASTURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 CDT, 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOSTER, NEBRASKA, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A TURNING STEEP BANK PREPARING FOR THE FINAL PASS OF THE PASTURE WHEN, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF-FIELD CONTROLLED LANDING INTO A WATER SOAKED PASTURE ADJACENT TO THE PASTURE HE WAS SPRAYING. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED INTO THE MUD/WATER/GRASS FOR APPROXIMATELY 110 YARDS TO REDUCE FORWARD AIRSPEED. AS ENERGY WAS DEPLETED, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SETTLED INTO THE MUD/WATER/GRASS, THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS CAUGHT THE TERRAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS TOP. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT UNDER HIS OWN POWER AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 CEN15LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA271), Jun 12, 2015: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164B (N48687), Foster, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power during a low-level aerial application flight due to fuel exhaustion following the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection that led to his assumption that sufficient…

## Other reports on N48687 (3)

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

- [Accident 19920814031429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920814031429A), Aug 14, 1992: Scwzer G164B (N48687), Grandin, ND, Substantial damage. Lost power landed on top of grain truck while landing on road. NR4 cylinder had cracked.
- [Accident 19910616027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910616027729A), Jun 16, 1991: Scwzer G164B (N48687), Gwinner, ND, Substantial damage. Reported power loss on takeoff. Impact with ground tore off engine. Flipped over. No defects. Same knobs prop power
- [Accident 19830830049639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830830049639A), Aug 30, 1983: Scwzer G164B (N48687), East Bernard, TX, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine failed just after liftoff.

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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