# Accident 20200818012849A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Scottsbluff, NE, August 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2020, 08:44 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 6WAG
- Location: 41.8604° N, 103.6609° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8604&lon=-103.6609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48416, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48416-2021-03-30) (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 R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G-164B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,635 total, 5,911 in this make and model, 297 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200818012849A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, AFTER HAVING SPRAYED THE FIELD IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE POWER LINES, WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPRAY SOME AREAS THAT WERE MISSED, WHICH REQUIRED FLYING PERPENDICULAR TO THE LINES. THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE LOCATION OF THE LINES, RESULTING IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN20CA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA347), Aug 18, 2020: Grumman G164 (N48416), Scottsbluff, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of visual reference during agricultural low-level flight, resulting in collision with power lines.

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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