# Accident 19760819026779A: Gulstm G164A, Minto, ND, August 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1976
- Place: Minto, ND
- Airport: Minto
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 48.2926° N, 97.3940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINTO MUNI (D06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2926&lon=-97.3940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9920, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9920-1976-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer G164A (registry code 8059053, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-g164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,830 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTG26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760819026779A

## Narrative

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

SOURCE OF FUEL AND IGNITION UNKNOWN.HOPPER TANK HAD DEVELOPED A LEAK WHICH WAS NOT FOUND BFR FLT.

## 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 MKC76FTG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTG26), Aug 19, 1976: Grumman G-164A (N9920), Minto, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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