# Accident 19780920029489A: Gulstm G164A, Homedale, ID, September 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1978
- Place: Homedale, ID
- Airport: Homedale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.6146° N, 116.9214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMEDALE MUNI (S66), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6146&lon=-116.9214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48542, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48542) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (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: 6,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920029489A

## Narrative

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

FROST ON UPPER WG. HOPPER FULL OF CAUSTIC WATER,UNKNOWN TO PLT.

## 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 SEA78FYA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYA26), Sep 20, 1978: Grumman G-164B (N48542), Homedale, ID, destroyed

## Other reports on N48542 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070628011089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070628011089I), Jun 28, 2007: Scwzer G164B (N48542), Nyssa, OR, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to land in an onion field after experiencing engine failure and hit an irrigation ditch tipping the aircraft up on its nose.

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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