# Accident 19780812020909A: Gulstm G164A, Crawfordsville, AR, August 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1978
- Place: Crawfordsville, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.2267° N, 90.3242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crawfordsville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2267&lon=-90.3242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8379, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8379) (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)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DPG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPG75) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780812020909A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78DPG75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPG75), Aug 12, 1978: Grumman G-164A (N8379), Crawfordsville, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8379 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860724035729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860724035729A), Jul 24, 1986: Scwzer G164A (N8379), Grandin, ND, Substantial damage. Spray boom struck vegetation during takeoff run. Aircraft cartwheeled. Center of runway wet sod.
- [Accident 19830701028279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830701028279A), Jul 1, 1983: Scwzer G164A (N8379), Morris, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with trees and pilot then attempted emergency landing but airplane flipped inverted.
- [Accident 19730827027499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730827027499A), Aug 27, 1973: Gulstm G164A (N8379), Clarkedale, AR, Substantial damage. Eng seized in flt. Plt lnd in bean fld.

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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