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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm G159 · Horseheads, NY · October 29, 1979

Date
October 29, 1979 · 12:50 local
Place
Horseheads, NY
Airport
Chemung Co
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N38CG
Reported as
Gulstm G159
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total2,000 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 due to fire warning light. False light caused by defective loop.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT. FALSE LIGHT CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE LOOP.