# Accident 19780924038569A: Gulstm G159, Houston, TX, September 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1978
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91G-1978-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-159 (registry code 3952202, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-159) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G159
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,284 total, 955 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780924038569A

## Narrative

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

R ENG SHUT DOWN IN FLT DUE LOW OIL PRES.R PROP NOT FULLY FEATHEREENG NOT ABLE FULL ACCELERATE.

## 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 FTW78FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA084), Sep 24, 1978: Grumman G-159 (N91G), Houston, TX, destroyed

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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