# Accident 19780728018309A: Gulstm G164A, Tutwiler, MS, July 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1978
- Place: Tutwiler, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.0172° N, 90.4333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tutwiler, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0172&lon=-90.4333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5623X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Reported engine: PWA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKQ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728018309A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA78FKQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKQ26), Jul 28, 1978: Grumman G-164 (N5623X), Tutwiler, MS, 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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