# Accident 19731115037999A: Grumav G164A, Waka, TX, November 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1973
- Place: Waka, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.2816° N, 101.0441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waka, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2816&lon=-101.0441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6592, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6592-1974-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,156 total, 652 in this make and model, 364 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DQG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731115037999A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 20K.PLT STATED AIR UNSTABLE

## 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 FTW74DQG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DQG31), Nov 15, 1973: Grumman G-164 (N6592), Waka, TX, 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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