# Accident 19770830025209A: Grumav G164, Chandler, AZ, August 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1977
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N597Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N597Y-1980-12-31) (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: 8,165 total, 175 in this make and model, 380 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUJ88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUJ88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770830025209A

## Narrative

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

DROPPED NOTE TO FLAGMAN & CIRCLED. FLEW INTO OWN PROP WASH.

## 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 LAX77FUJ88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUJ88), Aug 30, 1977: Grumman G-164 (N597Y), Chandler, AZ, 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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