# Accident 19730619016939A: Gulstm G164A, Bay City, TX, June 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1973
- Place: Bay City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 28.9835° N, 95.9599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9835&lon=-95.9599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7869-2006-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (registry code 3952801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,523 total, 2,140 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FRA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRA38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730619016939A

## Narrative

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

NR 9 CYL HEAD BROKE DURING SWATH RUN. LNDD IN RICE FLD.LDG GR HIT DIRT LEVEE,ACFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW73FRA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FRA38), Jun 19, 1973: Grumman G-164A (N7869), Bay City, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7869 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990706008419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706008419A), Jul 6, 1999: Scwzer G164A (N7869), New Plymouth, ID, Substantial damage. (-23)Aircraft departed a private spraying airstrip north of New Plymouth, Idaho to spray an onion field adjacent to the strip. After making one spray pass over…

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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