# Accident 19760724024179A: Gem TEXBULLET205, Fredricksburg, VA, July 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1976
- Place: Fredricksburg, VA
- Airport: Air Shannon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.2993° N, 77.4867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2993&lon=-77.4867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78848, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78848-1976-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Manufacturing TEXAS BULLET 205 (registry code 0380102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-manufacturing-texas-bullet-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GEM TEXBULLET205
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24,886 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760724024179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT ABT 40LB OVR MAX GWT.PLT IN COMMAND NOT DETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD76AI086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI086), Jul 24, 1976: Tex Bullet 205 (N78848), Fredricksburg, VA, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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