# NTSB investigations: Grumman G-164: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA97LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA201.md): Grumman G-164 · Altha, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1997 · N10273 · Destroyed
  > The failure of the left main landing gear spring due to a preexisting fatigue crack resulting in the separation of the left main landing gear, and subsequent nose down during taxi.
- [NTSB FTW94LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA087.md): Grumman G-164 · Almyra, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 26, 1994 · N730Y · Substantial damage
  > The partial failure of the brake master cylinder assembly for undetermined reasons. A factor was the soft terrain adjacent to the runway.
- [NTSB CHI92DCA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DCA01.md): Grumman G-164 · Malden, MO · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 23, 1992 · N580Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot could not maintain directional control after one of the main landing gear brakes jammed during a landing roll. The operator did not comply with an airworthiness directive issued to prevent a possible braking system malfunction.
- [NTSB FTW89DPJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DPJ08.md): Grumman G-164 · Guymon, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 8, 1989 · N788Y · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the upper right engine mount (firewall attach bolt) due to fatigue, and failure of the lower right mounting bolt for an unknown reason, which allowed overload failure of the two remaining mounting bolts and separation of the engine.
- [NTSB FTW84LA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA366.md): Grumman G-164 · Oak Grove, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1984 · N528Y · Substantial damage
  > Aircraft landed with a flat left main tire, veered left and nosed over inverted.
- [NTSB LAX82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA127.md): Grumman G-164 · Bakersfield, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 7, 1982 · N703Y · Substantial damage
  > On takeoff roll the right main tire blew causing the aircraft to veer to the right, leave the runway, and nose over in the soft mud.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3952702')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3952702&occurrence=130

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