# Incident 19791115055829I: Gulstm G164A, Queen Creek, AZ, November 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Queen Creek, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.2487° N, 111.6343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Queen Creek, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2487&lon=-111.6343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73PB-2013-05-07) (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: 8,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791115055829I

## Narrative

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

WIND AND DOWNDRAFT RESULTED IN HIGH SINK RATE AND SMALL TREE WAS STRUCK DURING LANDING IN DESERT.

## Other reports on N73PB (4)

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

- [Accident 20080807844779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080807844779A), Aug 7, 2008: Scwzer G164A (N73PB), Jefferson, IA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was performing post maintenance flight and was on downwind leg of runway 32 at the Jefferson Municipal Airport, Jefferson, IA (efw) when engine…
- [Accident 20010919028669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010919028669A), Sep 19, 2001: Scwzer G164A (N73PB), Eagle Lake, TX, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 19, 2001, approximately 0900 central daylight time, a Grumman G-164A, agricultural aircraft, N73PB, struck trees during a forced landing…
- [Accident 19990602041739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990602041739A), Jun 2, 1999: Scwzer G164A (N73PB), Monaville, TX, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot reported that while landing at a privately owned airstrip, the runway 'appeared to be in good shape and dry.' However, when the agricultural…
- [Accident 19770421009589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770421009589A), Apr 21, 1977: Grumav G164A (N73PB), Queen Creek, AZ, Substantial damage. Lndd in grape vineyard.

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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