# Accident 19800518017689A: Gulstm G164B, Cle Elum, WA, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 09:21 local time
- Place: Cle Elum, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.1948° N, 120.9523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cle Elum, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1948&lon=-120.9523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48432-1980-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164B (registry code 3952703, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,900 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518017689A

## Narrative

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

AG AIRPLANE STRUCK WIRES WHILE SURVEYING FIELD TO BE SPRAYED.

## 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 SEA80FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA029), May 18, 1980: Grumman G-164B (N48432), Cle Elum, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N48432 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780729024819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729024819A), Jul 29, 1978: Gulstm G164A (N48432), Ellensburg, WA, Substantial damage. Blower drive gr assy malfuntioned. Too low alt to recover from st

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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