# Accident 19790523022569A: Gulstm G164B, Laferia, TX, May 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1979, 17:08 local time
- Place: Laferia, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.1553° N, 97.8250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Feria, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1553&lon=-97.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6615Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6615Q-2013-04-30) (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 G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 38,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790523022569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ARRIVED AT SPRAY FIELD. VISION FAILED. LANDED IN WET CORNFIELD. FLIPPED. VISION RETURNED. SUSPECT BLOOD CLOT.

## 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 FTW79FRG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG32), May 23, 1979: Grumman G-164B (N6615Q), La Feria, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6615Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19880606019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880606019119A), Jun 6, 1988: Scwzer G164B (N6615Q), College Port, TX, Substantial damage. Wind shift on takeoff,attempted to abort, stalled , came down in rice field.

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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