# NTSB ATL96LA110: Grumman-Schweizer 164, N697Y, Bainbridge, GA, July 19, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 19, 1996, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Bainbridge, GA - Location: 30.9756° N, 84.5696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from DECATUR COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK (BGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9756&lon=-84.5696&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report September 4, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 3745 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL96LA110 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3745/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA110 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of the clearance from the trees during the swath run that resulted in the collision. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, maneuvering - aerial application - object - tree(s) - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The rated pilot was enrolled in a training program for aerial application pilots. During this practice phase of the flight training, the pilot was making a routine swath run, dispensing water, when the collision occurred. According to the operator, the airplane collided with a stand of trees during a swath run pullout, and stalled. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. ## Factual narrative On July 19, 1996, at 1630 eastern daylight time, a Grumman-Schweizer G-164, N697Y, collided with trees while practicing aerial application maneuvers three miles east of Bainbridge, Georgia. The aerial application training flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 137, with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed, and the pilot received minor injuries. The flight departed Decatur County Industrial Airpark in Bainbrige, Georgia, at 1545. The rated pilot was enrolled in a training program for aerial application pilots. During thE practice phase of the flight training, the pilot was making a routine swath run, dispensing water, when the collision occurred. According to the operator, the airplane collided with a stand of trees during a swath run pullout and stalled. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N697Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N697Y-2018-01-23), registration cancelled 2018-01-23, S/N 248, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Grumman-Schweizer 164 - Registry model: [Grumman G-164](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (registry code 3952702) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 248 - Airframe hours: 3450 - Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 137 - Registered owner: Howell Agflight Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Departed: BGE - Airport: BGE, Decatur County Airpark ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 450 total, 5 in this make and model, 450 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: JAX, 90 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19960719019029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719019029A), Jul 19, 1996: Scwzer G164, Bainbridge, GA, Destroyed. Struck trees on practice aerial application. Pulled up late from water spray run. Stalled after tree impact. ## Other investigations on N697Y (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 CHI72FEM65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM65), Apr 19, 1972: Grumman G-164 (N697Y), Sparta, MI, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.