# NTSB CHI73DE135: Grumman G-164A, N4369, Kent, OH, March 20, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 20, 1973
- Place: Kent, OH · KENT, OH
- Location: 41.1457° N, 81.3644° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1457&lon=-81.3644&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170424
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73DE135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DE135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0631  73/3/20    KENT,OHIO           GRUMMAN G-164A      CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 18000
        TIME - 1555                    N4369               PX-  0  0  0  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 4200 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREW PATTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KENT,OHIO                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
        REMARKS- CROP DUSTING DEMO FLT.3RD LOW PASS OVR UNEVEN SNOW CVRD SOD RWY.LDG GR HIT A SNOWBANK,ACFT UPSET.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4369](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4369), registered now, S/N 1045, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-164A
- Registry model: [Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-acft-eng-cor-schweizer-g-164a) (registry code 3952801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Andrew Patton

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730320006609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730320006609A), Mar 20, 1973: Gulstm G164A, Kent, OH, Destroyed. Crop dusting demo flt.3rd low pass ovr uneven snow cvrd sod rwy. Ldg gr hit a snowbank,acft upset.

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.

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