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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-164A · Pixley, CA · March 27, 1980

Date
March 27, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
Pixley, CA
Airport
Harmon
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5298
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FVA28
Reported as
Gulstm G164A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total950 in this make and model143 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.

Flew airplane into runway in a nose-down attitude. Claimed control problem. Nonefound.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW AIRPLANE INTO RUNWAY IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. CLAIMED CONTROL PROBLEM. NONEFOUND.

NTSB investigation

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