# Accident 20180615007959A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Arrey, NM, June 15, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2018, 10:00 local time
- Place: Arrey, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V4ZG
- Location: 32.8281° N, 107.2994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8281&lon=-107.2994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6672Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6672Q-2021-07-31) (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-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180615007959A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2018, AT 09:00 MDT, A GRUMMAN G164B AG CAT, N6672Q REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A HILLTOP 1.8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF ARREY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE SPRAYING AN ONION FIELD.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HATCH, NEW MEXICO, ON JUNE 15, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 07:30  MDT

## 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 CEN18LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA226), Jun 15, 2018: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164B (N6672Q), Arrey, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a hillside during an agricultural application flight while facing the sun.

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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