# Accident 19790515008009A: Gulstm G164, De Witt, AR, May 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1979, 16:20 local time
- Place: De Witt, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.2874° N, 91.3383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeWitt, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2874&lon=-91.3383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9679-1991-12-04) (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 G164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790515008009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT WIRES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. CRASHED IN A FIELD AND BURNED. NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

## 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 FTW79FPG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG37), May 15, 1979: Grumman G-164 (N9679), Dewitt, AR, 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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