# Accident 19790416006849A: Gulstm G164, Church Point, LA, April 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1979, 11:20 local time
- Place: Church Point, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.4075° N, 92.2136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Church Point, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4075&lon=-92.2136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494Y-1994-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 758 total, 105 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790416006849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON DOWNWIND LANDING, HIT A FENCE AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW79DRD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD21), Apr 16, 1979: Grumman G-164A (N494Y), Church Point, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N494Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19801002050409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002050409A), Oct 2, 1980: Gulstm G164 (N494Y), Marksville, LA, Destroyed. Struck wires while flying under same at end of spray run, lost control, struck trees.

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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