# Accident 20180627015749A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Malin, OR, June 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2018, 07:55 local time
- Place: Malin, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MFAG
- Location: 42.1197° N, 121.6942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1197&lon=-121.6942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N151QC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N151QC-2020-08-04) (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-1340-AN-1 (registry code 51612, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1340-an-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Reported engine: P & W R-1340-AN-1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,725 total, 2,450 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180627015749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS SPRAYING A AGRICULTURAL FIELD NEAR MALIN OR.  PILOT STATES THAT DURING A MANEUVER TO RETURN TO THE FIELD PILOT HIT POWER LINES AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED.

## 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 GAA18CA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA383), Jun 27, 2018: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G 164 (N151QC), Malin, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s misjudgment of the approach and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during an agricultural application flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and…

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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