# Accident 19800327007319A: Gulstm G164A, Pixley, CA, March 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pixley, CA
- Airport: Harmon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 35.9768° N, 119.3002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pixley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9768&lon=-119.3002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5298, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5298-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A (registry code 3952801, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 950 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800327007319A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FVA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA28), Mar 27, 1980: Grumman G-164A (N5298), Pixley, CA, 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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