# Accident 19750520013519A: Gulstm G164A, Welsh, LA, May 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1975
- Place: Welsh, LA
- Airport: Welsh Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 30.2419° N, 92.8307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELSH (6R1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2419&lon=-92.8307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7694) (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 R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,842 total, 3,154 in this make and model, 355 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FRO56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRO56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750520013519A

## Narrative

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

PLT FLEW UNDER TWO KNOWN WIRES,HIT THIRD UNKNOWN WIRE.AREA NOT PRE-CKD FOR HAZARDS

## 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 FTW75FRO56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRO56), May 20, 1975: Grumman G-164A (N7694), Welsh, LA, 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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