# Accident 20160617008949A: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, Cummings, ND, June 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2016, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cummings, ND
- Airport: Deck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LPHG
- Location: 47.4842° N, 97.0750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4842&lon=-97.0750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36333, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G-164B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 15 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA326) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160617008949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. UPON IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND IMPACTED A RAILROAD EMBANKMENT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA16CA326](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA326), Jun 17, 2016: Schweizer G 164 (N36333), Cummings, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate rate of descent while landing, which resulted in a hard landing, short of the runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.