# Accident 19800523015769A: Gulstm G164A, Clarksdale, MS, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Clarksdale, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1938° N, 90.5686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksdale, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1938&lon=-90.5686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7867, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7867-2013-02-08) (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)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-3 (registry code 51660, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800523015769A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE THREW A ROD. OIL ON WINDSCREEN. MADE HARD GROUND CONTACT. COLLAPSED GEAR. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ATL80FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKQ03), May 23, 1980: Grumman G-164A (N7867), Clarksdale, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7867 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010409012799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010409012799I), Apr 9, 2001: Scwzer G164A (N7867), South Attleboro, MA. (-23) The banner disconnected from the tow plane and landed in the grass near the parking lot of a home depot shopping plaza. This occurred in a busy,…
- [Accident 19841019061109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841019061109A), Oct 19, 1984: Scwzer G164A (N7867), Tunica, MS, Substantial damage. A wheel struck a soft spot on the ag airstrip on the takeoff roll. Aircraft veered off the water covered runway.

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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