# Accident 19801002050409A: Gulstm G164, Marksville, LA, October 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marksville, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.1254° N, 92.0651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marksville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1254&lon=-92.0651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N494Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N494Y-1994-09-28) (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: 1,663 total, 750 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRJ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002050409A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES WHILE FLYING UNDER SAME AT END OF SPRAY RUN, LOST CONTROL, STRUCK TREES.

## 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 FTW81FRJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRJ01), Oct 2, 1980: Grumman G-164 (N494Y), Marksville, LA, destroyed

## Other reports on N494Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19790416006849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790416006849A), Apr 16, 1979: Gulstm G164 (N494Y), Church Point, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control on downwind landing, hit a fence and nosed over.

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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