29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 14, 1978 · 06:10 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N966H
Reported as
Gulstm G1159
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Loud noise followed by flameout. Section of outer rear windown missing. Reduced pressurization & returned.
As the FAA filed it
LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY FLAMEOUT. SECTION OF OUTER REAR WINDOWN MISSING. REDUCED PRESSURIZATION & RETURNED.