# Accident 19800504012399A: Gulstm G164A, Deweyville, TX, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Deweyville, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.2998° N, 93.7730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deweyville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2998&lon=-93.7730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4546-2012-09-12) (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
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504012399A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT COULD NOT LOCATE SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 FTW80DRD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD28), May 4, 1980: Grumman G-164A (N4546), Deweyville, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N4546 (2)

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

- [Accident 19911106049969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911106049969A), Nov 6, 1991: Scwzer G164A (N4546), Epps, LA, Substantial damage. Prop blade separated in flight. Landed in cotten field. Vibration separated engine from firewall.
- [Accident 19740204002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740204002329A), Feb 4, 1974: Gulstm G164A (N4546), Brookshire, TX, Substantial damage. Plt spraying soil conditnr on plowd fld-plt had deactivatd stall warning sys.

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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