Grumman G-164 N143W

29 June 1965 · Santa Maria Tex, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 June 1965 at about 12:30 local time, a Grumman G-164 registered N143W, operated by Weslaco FLG SR, was involved in an accident during in flight near Santa Maria Tex, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 June 1965 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Maria Tex, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-164
Registration: N143W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Weslaco FLG SR
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1696

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NO.7 CYLINDER MASTER ROD FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1696, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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