# Accident 20171024020289A: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, Tracy, CA, October 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MBHG
- Location: 37.8167° N, 121.4564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8167&lon=-121.4564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8494K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8494K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G-164B
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 110 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171024020289A

## Narrative

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

A SCHWEIZER AG AIRCRAFT G-164B N8494K TOOK OFF FROM HALEY FLYING SERVICE'S PRIVATE AIRPORT IN TRACY, CA. FOR A TRAINING MISSION, PILOT PERFORMED LANDINGS/TAKE OFFS AT A NEW JERUSALEM AIRPORT AND THEN RETURNED TO HALEY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ON ROLL OUT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, SPUN AROUND TO THE LEFT AND HIT A DIRT LEVY BERM.

AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WINGS, LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE BELLY AND EMPENNAGE.

THE AIRCRAFT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 WPR18LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA015), Oct 24, 2017: Schweizer G 164B (N8494K), Tracy, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N8494K (3)

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

- [Accident 20100223028539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223028539A), Feb 23, 2010: Schweizer A G-164B (N8494K), Byron, CA, Substantial damage. Operator was conducting operations under the provisions of 14 CFR part 137. Pilot had just finished up applying a load of urea and was heading back to the…
- [Incident 19970310007309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970310007309I), Mar 10, 1997: Scwzer G164B (N8494K), Esparto, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: while crop dusting a farm field 5 miles south of Esparto, CA aircraft experienced a complete power failure. Pilot landed aircraft in same field, on…
- [Accident 19860723035599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860723035599A), Jul 23, 1986: Scwzer G164B (N8494K), Harrisburg, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft would not climb after liftoff. Landed in a flooded rice field and nosed over.

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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