29.6458° N, 95.2772° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 20, 1990 · 14:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GUZA
Aircraft
N303AJ
Reported as
Israel 1121B
Reported engine
GE CJ6109
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total2,000 in this make and model120 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.
Left engine fire warning on climb. Shutdown and returned. Found insulator too close to exhaust stack. No fire.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING ON CLIMB. SHUTDOWN AND RETURNED. FOUND INSULATOR TOO CLOSE TO EXHAUST STACK. NO FIRE.