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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm G164A · Tutwiler, MS · July 28, 1978

Date
July 28, 1978
Place
Tutwiler, MS
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5623X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA78FKQ26
Reported as
Gulstm G164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total300 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Float valve seat canted toward outside of float bowl allowing unmed fuel into induction syst.

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT VALVE SEAT CANTED TOWARD OUTSIDE OF FLOAT BOWL ALLOWING UNMED FUEL INTO INDUCTION SYST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.