# Accident 20200710020269A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Springfield, CO, July 10, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2020, 10:03 local time
- Place: Springfield, CO
- Airport: Springfield Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3RGG
- Location: 37.4431° N, 102.6144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4431&lon=-102.6144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6917K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6917K-2023-04-01) (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: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710020269A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/10/2020 AT ABOUT 11:00 MDT, A SCHWEIZER GRUMMAN G-164B AIRCRAFT, N6917K, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (8V7), SPRINGFIELD, COLORADO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES ON 07/14/2020. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 CEN20LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA278), Jul 10, 2020: Grumman G164 (N6917K), Springfield, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of visibility in the cockpit due to foam created by the chemicals loaded in the hopper, which resulted in collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the combining of…

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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