# Accident 19800827040409A: Gulstm G164B, South Bay, FL, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: South Bay, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.6884° N, 80.7355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bay, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6884&lon=-80.7355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8217K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8217K-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (registry code 3979904, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-schweizer-a-c-gulfstream-am-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,209 total, 3,204 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKT58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827040409A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE TO SPRAY FIELD. FOUND BROKEN EXHAUST PUSH ROD IN ENGINE.

## 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 MIA81DKT58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT58), Aug 27, 1980: Grumman G-164 (N8217K), South Bay, FL, 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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