# NTSB investigations: Grumman G-164A, NE

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 CHI03LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA132.md): Grumman G-164A · North Platte, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 2003 · N7855 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the collapse of the main landing gear. A factor to the accident was the quartering tailwind.
- [NTSB CHI02LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA212.md): Grumman G-164 · Central City, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 2002 · N5296 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was not able to maintain clearance with the trees when the airplane encountered a downdraft at a low altitude. An additional cause was the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the approaching weather conditions. Factors associated with the accident were…
- [NTSB MKC88LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA160.md): Grumman G-164A · Hebron, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1988 · N5329 · Destroyed
  > While making a aerial application swath run, the pilot was checking his spray booms because of some malfunctioning nozzles. Exiting the field between two groups of trees on the border he failed to see power line poles. He struck the wires, then the terrain,…
- [NTSB MKC86LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA108.md): Grumman G-164A · Tekamah, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 14, 1986 · N6630 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that as he was finishing his run spraying pine trees and was pulling up when the engine lost power. The right wings struck trees and the aircraft nosed over during the forced landing.
- [NTSB MKC82DA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA093.md): Grumman G-164A · Red Cloud, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 1, 1982 · N5253 · Destroyed
  > The aircraft struck the top wire of an electrical transmission line and crashed. The pilot reported that he misjudged the "wire distance" as he let down over a pond to begin a swath run. The pond was at the edge of the field that he was seeding. The pilot…
- [NTSB MKC76DCJ53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCJ53.md): Grumman G-164A · Farnam, NE · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jul 29, 1976 · N7948 · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NE' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3952704'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3952704&state=NE

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