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FTW78FA084

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

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

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).

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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