# Accident 19810529030089A: Grumav G164A, Vanlue, OH, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Vanlue, OH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.9741° N, 83.4848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vanlue, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9741&lon=-83.4848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6540, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6540-1999-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164A (registry code 3952704, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,252 total, 50 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529030089A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON UPWIND SIDE OF RUNWAY. CRASH-LANDED ADJACENT TO SAME.

## 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 CHI81FEI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI18), May 29, 1981: Grumman G-164A (N6540), Vanlue, OH, 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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