# Accident 19800507030829A: Gulstm GA7, Portland, TX, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 20:00 local time
- Place: Portland, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8890° N, 97.3316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8890&lon=-97.3316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N710GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N710GA-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. GA-7 (registry code 3960401, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-ga-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM GA7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FAMS3) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507030829A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING, NIGHT FLIGHT. FOUND BODIES IN BAY. MAIN WRECKAGE NOT FOUND. WAS OVER GROSS WEIGHT. ALCOHOL INVOLVED

## 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 FTW80FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FAMS3), May 7, 1980: Grum-Amer GA-7 (N710GA), Corpus Christi, TX, 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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