# Accident 19810812049199A: Grumav G164B, Tracy, CA, August 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.7274° N, 121.4522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7274&lon=-121.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6750K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6750K-2023-08-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,423 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVD39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810812049199A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED DURING SPRAYING OPERATION.

## 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 LAX81DVD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVD39), Aug 12, 1981: Grumman G-164B (N6750K), Tracy, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N6750K (2)

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

- [Accident 20230604005819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230604005819A), Jun 4, 2023: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B (N6750K), Colusa, CA, Substantial damage. In an email from the pilot, he stated "I have flown under that set of wires probably hundreds of times since I considered it safer than trying to go over it…
- [Incident 19790813030699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790813030699I), Aug 13, 1979: Scwzer G164B (N6750K), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Wing tip struck exhaust stack of truck on landing.

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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