19880905036939A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-1B · Houston, TX · September 5, 1988

Date
September 5, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Westheimer Air Park Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6208L
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88LA163
Reported as
Gulstm AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,022 total345 in this make and model16 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.

Engine quit on takeoff. Aircraft nosed over after hitting a rice levee. Mud daubers had fouled air intake and vents

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER HITTING A RICE LEVEE. MUD DAUBERS HAD FOULED AIR INTAKE AND VENTS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.