# Incident 20160721012489I: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A, Riverdale, CA, July 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2016, 08:35 local time
- Place: Riverdale, CA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: H98G
- Location: 36.4304° N, 119.8672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverdale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4304&lon=-119.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9926, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9926) (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: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160721012489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENGAGED IN AERIAL APPLICATION OF A CORN FIELD AT THE SOUTH/EAST CORNER OF BLYTHE AND HARLAN NEAR RIVERDALE, CA. WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND BRIGHT.

WHILE RETURNING TO THE FIELD FOR HIS LAST RUN, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE 'LOST' THE POWER LINES DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE SUN. HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD CLEARED THE LINES AND FELT A BUMP AS THE WIRE WAS CAUGHT BY THE PROP AND CUT THE WIRE. THE ENDS OF THE WIRE CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, LEFT WORSE THAN RIGHT. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PROP OTHER THAN SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES, NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.

THE LOWER LEFT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE SKIN AND LEADING EDGE RIB DIRECTLY BELOW THE UPPER WING SUPPORT. ONE RIB WAS SEPARATED FROM THE SPAR CAP AND WEB. THE SPAR DID NOT RECEIVE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. THE LOWER RIGHT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UPPER SURFACE GUY WIRE CAP.

THE PILOT FLEW TO THE HOME STRIP, APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE, AFTER HITTING THE WIRE, HE DID NOT LAND AT THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N9926 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780512009949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780512009949A), May 12, 1978: Gulstm G164C (N9926), Arbuckle, CA, Substantial damage. Cartwheeled.

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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