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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-164A · Towanda, IL · August 11, 1973

Date
August 11, 1973
Place
Towanda, IL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5331
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI74FEV11
Reported as
Gulstm G164A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,187 total1,350 in this make and model305 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

One more pass ovr corn fld to be sure hopper was empty. Struck ground in nr vertical attitude.

As the FAA filed it

ONE MORE PASS OVR CORN FLD TO BE SURE HOPPER WAS EMPTY.STRUCK GROUND IN NR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.