# Accident 20260820012529A: Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B, Olene, OR, August 20, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2026, 09:32 local time
- Place: Olene, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MFAG
- Location: 42.1611° N, 121.6560° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1611&lon=-121.6560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7501Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7501Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G-164B (registry code 8059055, https://openairdocs.org/model/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: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G-164B
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-2-201A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,606 total, 1,205 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260820012529A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 20, 2026, ABOUT 9:32 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP., G-164B, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK A COMMUNICATION TOWER NEAR ORLENE, OREGON. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A PART 137 AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED CRATER LAKE/KLAMATH REGIONAL AIRPORT (LMT), KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TO CONDUCT A MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISPERSAL OPERATION. BEFORE DEPARTURE, ABOUT 1,800 POUNDS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL MATERIAL WERE LOADED ONTO THE AIRPLANE, AND THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED TO CAPACITY. A WITNESS LOCATED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE OPERATING APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LMT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE WITNESS HEARD A LOUD BANG AND OBSERVED A PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM THE AREA. THE WITNESS RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE AND ASSISTED THE PILOT IN EVACUATING THE BURNING AIRCRAFT. BASED ON INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE AND TOWER IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOWER OR STABILIZING WIRES WHILE HEADING EAST AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEYOND THE TOWER IN A NEARBY FIELD. THE WRECKAGE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED AND TRANSPORTED TO A SECURE FACILITY FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. ANOTHER PILOT EMPLOYED BY THE OPERATOR RETURNED TO COMPLETE AERIAL APPLICATION IN THE SAME AREA OF THE ACCIDENT AND REPORTS THE REAMINING COMMUNICATION TOWERS ADJACENT TO THE TOWER STRUCK DURING THE EVENT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE DUE TO GLARE CAUSED BY MORNING SUNLIGHT.

## 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 WPR26LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA312), Aug 20, 2026: Schweizer G-164B (N7501Q), Olene, OR, destroyed, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N7501Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19960822023569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960822023569A), Aug 22, 1996: Scwzer G164B (N7501Q), Waitsburg, WA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing on ag strip. Blamed whirlwind. Wind light 46MONTHS since a biennial review.
- [Accident 19890802042349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890802042349A), Aug 2, 1989: Scwzer G164B (N7501Q), Austwell, TX, Substantial damage. Landed on a road to talk to a farmer. Spray boom caught in tall weeds veered off road and nosed up.

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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