# Accident 19790726019849A: Gulstm G164A, Minter City, MS, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Minter City, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.7534° N, 90.2945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minter City, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7534&lon=-90.2945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5258, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5258-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,170 total, 4,110 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726019849A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT STATED HE HAD HIS VISION BLURRED BY A PARTICLE IN HIS EYE AND FAILED TO SEE POWER LINES.

## 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 MIA79DKQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKQ19), Jul 26, 1979: Grumman G-164A (N5258), Minter City, MS, 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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