# Accident 19810807048189A: Grumav G164B, Mowata, LA, August 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mowata, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.3919° N, 92.4096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mowata, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3919&lon=-92.4096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6510K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6510K-2000-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164B (registry code 3952802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807048189A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT RETURNING TO BASE. CRASH-LANDED. FOUND SHEARED CAM PINION SHAFT. PN404694.

## 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 FTW81DRD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD39), Aug 7, 1981: Grumman G-164B (N6510K), Mowata, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6510K (1)

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

- [Accident 19800506013569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800506013569A), May 6, 1980: Gulstm G164B (N6510K), Evangeline, LA, Substantial damage. Took off from short strip with full spray load and short runway. Pulled up to miss fence. Settled into rice field.

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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