# Accident 19800922048369A: Gulstm G164B, Ritzville, WA, September 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ritzville, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.1230° N, 118.3753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ritzville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1230&lon=-118.3753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8093K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8093K-1980-11-12) (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)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,085 total, 234 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYP40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800922048369A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES & GROUND ON RISING TERRAIN ON SWATH RUN TURN-AROUND. MISJUDGED AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE.

## 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 SEA80FYP40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP40), Sep 22, 1980: Gulf-Schwzr G-164B (N8093K), Ritzville, WA, destroyed

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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