# Accident 20190515024112A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C, Pleasant Grove, CA, May 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2019, 11:55 local time
- Place: Pleasant Grove, CA
- Airport: Van Dyke Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.8853° N, 121.4239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8853&lon=-121.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6787K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6787K-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164C (registry code 3952803, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164c) (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-164C
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190515024112A

## Narrative

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

TWO AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT COLLIDED IN PLEASANT GROVE CALIFORNIA RESULTING IN TWO FATALITIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6929K, Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164D: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 WPR19FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA145), May 15, 2019: Grumman G164 (N6787K), Pleasant Grove, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane, which resulted in a midair collision.

## Other reports on N6787K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820827044549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820827044549A), Aug 27, 1982: Scwzer G164C (N6787K), Gunnison, MS, Substantial damage. Engine ran hot and siezed. Nosed over landing in a soft filed. Master rod bearing spacer had failed, seized bearing

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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