# Accident 19780828025909A: Gulstm G164A, Blythe, CA, August 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1978
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8529H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8529H-1981-10-19) (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 G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 840 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780828025909A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 LAX78DUG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG55), Aug 28, 1978: Grumman G-164A (N8529H), Blythe, CA, 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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