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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm G159 · Flushing, NY · January 21, 1979

Date
January 21, 1979 · 17:38 local
Place
Flushing, NY
Airport
Laguardia
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N725HG
Reported as
Gulstm G159
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total8,000 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.

Aircraft returned to Flushing due to fire warning light. Found a short in the wiring.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FLUSHING DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT. FOUND A SHORT IN THE WIRING.