# Accident 19790628025299A: Gulstm G164, Fitzgerald, GA, June 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fitzgerald, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.7130° N, 83.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitzgerald, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7130&lon=-83.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621U-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,903 total, 3,960 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790628025299A

## Narrative

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

CARBURETOR FLOAT PIN, P/N P16773, WAS MISSING FROM CARBURETOR ALLOWING FLOAT TO DROP DOWN.

## 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 MIA79DKG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG52), Jun 28, 1979: Grumman G-164 (N621U), Fitzgerald, GA, substantial damage

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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