# Accident 19800706024949A: Gulstm G164A, Weslaco, TX, July 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1980, 07:40 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.1605° N, 97.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weslaco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1605&lon=-97.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7494, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7494-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800706024949A

## Narrative

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

SAW OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE. DUMPED SPRAY LOAD. ENGINE QUIT. CRASH-LANDED. BROKEN PUSH ROD HOUSING CAUSED OIL LOSS.

## 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 FTW80FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG55), Jul 6, 1980: Grumman G-164A (N7494), Weslaco, TX, substantial damage

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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