# Accident 19730913042889A: Grumav G164, Ponce, Puerto Rico, September 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1973
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 17.9997° N, 66.6237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponce, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9997&lon=-66.6237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10398, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10398-1976-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,305 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730913042889A

## Narrative

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

ONE MAIN GR STRUCK HOLE.ACFT CHANGED DIRECTION AND WING STRUCK POLE.

## 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 MIA74DKA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKA11), Sep 13, 1973: Grumman G-164 (N10398), Ponce, PR, substantial damage

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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