# Accident 19800815042249A: Gulstm G164B, Howe, IN, August 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1980, 10:15 local time
- Place: Howe, IN
- Airport: Reid-Eash
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.7028° N, 85.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-EASH (25IN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7028&lon=-85.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48348, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48348) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,326 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815042249A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SEVERE DOWNDRAFT DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB. AG PLANE SETTLED INTO TREES. WIND SHEAR REPORTED IN AREA.

## 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 CHI80FET24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET24), Aug 15, 1980: Grumman G-164 (N48348), Howe, IN, 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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