# Accident 19780902043369A: Gulstm JRF2, St Thomas, Puerto Rico, September 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1978
- Place: St Thomas, Puerto Rico
- Airport: St Thomas Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N7777V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7777V-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-21 (registry code 3951202, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM JRF2
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 42,005 total, 5,233 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA78AA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902043369A

## Narrative

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

STC APPROVED FLT AT 8750LBS MGW.TEST INDICATE MGW APPROX 8150LBS.

## 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 DCA78AA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA021), Sep 2, 1978: Grumman G-21A (N7777V), St Thomas, VI, destroyed, 4 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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