# Accident 19750515015739A: Gulstm G164C, Iowa, LA, May 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1975
- Place: Iowa, LA
- Airport: O'Brien S Flying
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.2414° N, 93.0130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iowa, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2414&lon=-93.0130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8661H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8661H-2017-08-23) (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)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FRD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515015739A

## Narrative

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

R MASTER BRAKE CYL SPRING DISTORTED.CAUSED LEVER TO LOCK R BRAKE.

## 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 FTW75FRD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD52), May 15, 1975: Grumman G-164A (N8661H), Iowa, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8661H (2)

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

- [Accident 20040928023449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040928023449A), Sep 28, 2004: Scwzer G164A (N8661H), Gilbert, LA, Destroyed. (-23) Pilot heard and felt the engine do a "rhythmic" miss, about 2-3 minutes later the engine failed, pilot put aircraft down in a corn field.
- [Accident 19840601023899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840601023899A), Jun 1, 1984: Scwzer G164A (N8661H), Bell City, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing after prop govenor failure.

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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