# Accident 20210512021199A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C, Butte City, CA, May 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Butte City, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: J2OG
- Location: 39.4791° N, 122.0621° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4791&lon=-122.0621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6596K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6596K) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 350 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210512021199A

## Narrative

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

WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A AGRICULTURAL FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING,  THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR21LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA200), May 12, 2021: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164C (N6596K), Glenn, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s fuel mismanagement, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and an off-airport hard landing.

## Other reports on N6596K (2)

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

- [Accident 19981125044589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125044589A), Nov 25, 1998: Scwzer G164C (N6596K), Oroville, CA, Substantial damage. (.19) On November 25, 1998, at 1130 hours pacific standard time a grumman-schweizer G-164C, N6596K, made a precautionary landing due to a dislodged rudder…
- [Accident 19920525016309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920525016309A), May 25, 1992: Scwzer G164C (N6596K), Butte City, CA, Substantial damage. Downwind takeoff lifted early avoiding truck. Below power curve. Tail wheel hit fence post. Stalled. Wrong runway.

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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