# NTSB CHI85LA373: Schweizer G-164A, N48514, Irwin, OH, September 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1985, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Irwin, OH
- Coordinates: 40.100341, -83.440811 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1003&lon=-83.4408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13209
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA373
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13209/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA373

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly,cylinder - cracked (cause)
  - engine assembly,cylinder - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop

## Analysis

AT AN ALT OF APRX 20 FT AGL AFTER TAKEOFF, THE #1 CYLINDER FAILED. A STRAIGHT AHEAD LANDING WAS MADE IN A CORN FIELD DURING WHICH THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. THE ENG HAD UNDER GONE A MAJOR OVERHAUL 197 HRS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48514](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48514-2012-12-18), registration cancelled 2012-12-18, S/N 1662, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1662
- Airframe hours: 2530
- Engines: P&W R1340-AN1 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Vernon Vick Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, January 29, 1985, 195 hours before
- Departed: IRWIN, OH
- Airport: runway 5, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 7,800 total, 4,200 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19850911044219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850911044219A), Sep 11, 1985: Scwzer G164A, Irwin, OH, Destroyed. Power loss after liftoff. Landed straight ahead in a corn field. Found the head of the NR1 cylinder failed.

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.

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