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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW78FA084

1978-09-24 HOUSTON, Texas, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N91G Grumman G-159 Serious

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

GRUMMAN G-159 · N91G

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EJ

Operator type

Business

Airport

HOUSTON HOBBY

Kind of flying

B3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

260° / 8 kt

Temp

84° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000037

Total time

12,726 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

10,284

Age

39

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OT FULLY FEATHERED,L ENG NOT ABLE FULL ACCELERATE.

Investigator remarks

R ENG SHUT DOWN IN FLT DUE LOW OIL PRES.R PROP N

Cause factors

64/C/20 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. Cause
88/C/07 C
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Cause
88/L/22 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
88/L/48 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES
88/K/DG K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3454. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3454.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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