# Accident 19790406016939A: Gulstm G164A, Clewiston, FL, April 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1979, 08:15 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.7528° N, 80.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clewiston, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7528&lon=-80.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6659, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6659-1982-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKT51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790406016939A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINES DURING AG OPERATIONS. CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 MIA79FKT51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT51), Apr 6, 1979: Grumman G-164A (N6659), Clewiston, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6659 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740802034129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740802034129A), Aug 2, 1974: Grumav G164A (N6659), Edison, GA, Substantial damage. Acft veered l,plt applied brakes,tail came up.

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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