# Accident 19810829053529A: Grumav G164B, Tonopah, AZ, August 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Tonopah, AZ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.4880° N, 112.9308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonopah, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4880&lon=-112.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6776K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6776K-2013-05-02) (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)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G164B
- Reported engine: PWA R1340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,427 total, 2,214 in this make and model, 754 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ91) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810829053529A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT RETURNING TO AG STRIP. LANDED ADJACENT TO RUNWAY, NOSED OVER. ONE MAGNETO INOP, OTHER INTERMITTANT.

## 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 LAX81DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ91), Aug 29, 1981: Grumman G-164B (N6776K), Tonapah, AZ, destroyed

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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