# Accident 19790525010189A: Gulstm G164A, Los Banos, CA, May 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1979, 08:45 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N927X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N927X-1988-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,843 total, 160 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790525010189A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FAILURE OF NUMBER 9 CYLINDER.

## 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 OAK79DVA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA34), May 25, 1979: Grumman G164A (N927X), Los Banos, CA, 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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