# NTSB investigations: Grumman G-164A, 1985

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 DEN85LTG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LTG05.md): Grumman G164A · Colfax, ND · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 2, 1985 · N5364 · Substantial damage
  > The plt noticed the spray pump was stuck in the off position shortly after takeoff for the aerial application flt. The decision was made to land on a private strip and during landing on the soft fld, the acft contacted high vegetation and nosed down.
- [NTSB SEA85LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA187.md): Grumman 164A · Shelley, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1985 · N5186 · Substantial damage
  > The safety broke in the carburetor and the seat backed out causing fuel starvation. The carburetor had been overhauled 350 hours prior to the accident.
- [NTSB LAX85LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA320.md): Grumman G-164A · Durham, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1985 · N7853 · Destroyed
  > During an ag flight in which a compound containing sulfur dust was being sprayed a fire began in the acft's spray apparatus. The cockpit filled with heavy smoke & the plt made a successful forced ldg in the underlying field. The fire spread & eventually…
- [NTSB DEN85LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA173.md): Grumman G-164A · Deming, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 1985 · N5337 · Substantial damage
  > The plt told FAA he was spraying a cotton field and was turning around from a swath run when the propeller feathered. The plt told NTSB that the acft 'pitched upward and lost power.' Acft type certificate shows that a hamilton standard propeller m/n…
- [NTSB SEA85LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA098.md): Grumman G-164A · Kendrick, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1985 · N5285 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he had completed a spray application & was making a normal landing when the left main gear failed. Subsequently, the acft veered off the left side of the rwy & nosed over. AD 76-13-10, pertaining to a dye penetrant inspection of the main…
- [NTSB FTW85FPJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FPJ01.md): Grumman AG CAT G-164 · Norman, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 1, 1985 · N5338 · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with a high static wire on an electric transmission line before colliding out of control with the ground. The plt stated after the accident that he forgot about the static line and flew into it during a maneuver for aerial spraying.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  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&year=1985

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