# Accident 19730603015509A: Grumav G164, Devalls Bluff, AR, June 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1973
- Place: Devalls Bluff, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.7863° N, 91.4613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of De Valls Bluff, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7863&lon=-91.4613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10264, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10264-2014-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DPG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730603015509A

## Narrative

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

DURING FERRY RETRN FLT TO OPER BASE ACFT MADE 2 LOW PASS OVER RIVER.ON 2ND PASS LDG GR HIT WATER.

## 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 FTW73DPG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPG55), Jun 3, 1973: Grumman G-164 (N10264), Devalls Bluff, AR, destroyed

## Other reports on N10264 (3)

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

- [Accident 19810702038359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810702038359A), Jul 2, 1981: Gulstm G164 (N10264), Cash, AR, Substantial damage. Engine quit during procdure turn and ag pilot made emergency landing. Airplane flipped inverted during rollout.
- [Accident 19790418006959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790418006959A), Apr 18, 1979: Gulstm G164 (N10264), Burdette, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that one brake locked up on takeoff.
- [Accident 19761009031839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761009031839A), Oct 9, 1976: Grumav G164 (N10264), Maurice, LA, Substantial damage. Gr hit dirt mounds on ag strip. Lnd to check spray pump.

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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