# Accident 19780805024199A: Gulstm G164C, Prattville, AL, August 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1978
- Place: Prattville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.4640° N, 86.4597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prattville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4640&lon=-86.4597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9930, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9930-1982-01-23) (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)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,090 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKJ70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780805024199A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISTRACTED BY RADIO CORD ON HELMET.

## 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 MIA78FKJ70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ70), Aug 5, 1978: Grumman G-164A (N9930), Prattville, AL, 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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