# Accident 19730811028619A: Gulstm G164A, Towanda, IL, August 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1973
- Place: Towanda, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.5634° N, 88.9007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Towanda, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5634&lon=-88.9007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5331, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5331-1973-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,187 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 305 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEV11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811028619A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI74FEV11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV11), Aug 11, 1973: Grumman G-164A (N5331), Towanda, IL, destroyed

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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