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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-164A · Midland, LA · May 4, 1979

Date
May 4, 1979 · 09:30 local
Place
Midland, LA
Airport
Le Gros
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5334
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DRD25
Reported as
Gulstm G164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total4,000 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

No. 2 cylinder had split from the forward to the rear spark plug post across the cylinder head.

As the FAA filed it

NO. 2 CYLINDER HAD SPLIT FROM THE FORWARD TO THE REAR SPARK PLUG POST ACROSS THE CYLINDER HEAD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.