# Accident 19801001057109A: Gulstm G164, Golden, IL, October 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1980, 08:55 local time
- Place: Golden, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.1103° N, 91.0192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Golden, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1103&lon=-91.0192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N615Y-1985-12-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164 (registry code 3952702, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 908 total, 120 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEV01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEV01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801001057109A

## Narrative

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

BLINDED BY SUN ON SPRAY RUN. STRUCK WIRES ON END OF RUN.

## 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 CHI81DEV01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEV01), Oct 1, 1980: Grumman G-164 (N615Y), Golden, IL, destroyed

## Other reports on N615Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19730724023779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730724023779A), Jul 24, 1973: Grumav G164 (N615Y), Stuttgart, AR, Substantial damage. Acft made forcd lnd in rice paddy. Eng failure due to component of the articulating assembly.

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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