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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav G164A · Reeves, LA · May 22, 1982

Date
May 22, 1982 · 10:30 local
Place
Reeves, LA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8548H
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82DRD12
Reported as
Grumav G164A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was returning to airport and looked down into cockpit to check source of fumes and flew into trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS RETURNING TO AIRPORT AND LOOKED DOWN INTO COCKPIT TO CHECK SOURCE OF FUMES AND FLEW INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.