19791215034309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-164A · Lemoore, CA · December 15, 1979

Date
December 15, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Lemoore, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4728
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVA07
Reported as
Gulstm G164A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,330 total1,775 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed at beginning of swath run. Pilot claimed mechanical problem butinvestigation revealed no problems.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT BEGINNING OF SWATH RUN. PILOT CLAIMED MECHANICAL PROBLEM BUTINVESTIGATION REVEALED NO PROBLEMS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.