# Accident 19800801033089A: Gulstm G164B, East Grand Fork, MN, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: East Grand Fork, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.9286° N, 97.0138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Grand Forks, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9286&lon=-97.0138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6515K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6515K-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. G-164B (registry code 3960204, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,450 total, 13,740 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DER62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801033089A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT WIRES WHILE CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING OPERATIONS.

## 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 CHI80DER62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER62), Aug 1, 1980: Grumman G-164B (N6515K), E.Grand Forks, MN, destroyed

## Other reports on N6515K (1)

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

- [Accident 19990611006939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990611006939A), Jun 11, 1999: Scwzer G164B (N6515K), Goodland, KS, Substantial damage. Acft rocker-arm pin broke, and the engine quit, the acft landed on a road, but the left wing caught in some wheat and spun the acft around, other circumstances…

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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