# Accident 20240512005119A: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B, Willows, CA, May 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2024, 12:12 local time
- Place: Willows, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: NIHG
- Location: 39.4433° N, 122.2586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4433&lon=-122.2586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6612Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6612Q) (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)
- 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: 16,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240512005119A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE IS IN THE BURN UNIT AT UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER. HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE RELEASED. HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AND PERFORMED AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A RUNWAY THAT HE HADN'T LANDED ON FOR A LONG TIME. HE LANDED LONG AND WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY LENGTH. HE ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND AND APPLIED POWER. THE DIRT WAS SOFT AND HE WASN'T ACCELERATING AS MUCH AS HE WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED. THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 3-4 FT AGL AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AT THE END OF THE DIRT STRIP.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO PRE IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WITH THE AIRPLANE THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION.

## 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 WPR24LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA151), May 12, 2024: Grumman G164 (N6612Q), Maxwell, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ascertain a proper touchdown point and late decision to initiate a go-around, which resulted in a subsequent collision with vegetation.

## Other reports on N6612Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19940302003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940302003459A), Mar 2, 1994: Scwzer G164 (N6612Q), Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. Lost power descending for spray run nosed over landing. Mag micarta gear broke caused cross firing. Split cylinder.
- [Accident 19780212001839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780212001839A), Feb 12, 1978: Gulstm G164A (N6612Q), Coolidge, AZ, Substantial damage

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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