# Incident 19910723035009I: Gulstm GA7, Houston, TX, July 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1991, 17:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N779GA-2014-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. GA-7 (registry code 3960401, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-ga-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM GA7
- Reported engine: LYC O320D1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910723035009I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FEATHERED FOR SINGLE ENGINE TRAINING. UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. RETURNED TO AIRPORT ON ONE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N779GA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910309010719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910309010719I), Mar 9, 1991: Gulstm GA7 (N779GA), Houston, TX. Left engine failed in flight. Secured. Precautionary landing at Houston.
- [Incident 19850504027779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504027779I), May 4, 1985: Gulstm GA7 (N779GA), Indianapolis, IN. Roughness, yaw to right and smoke in cockpit. Engine shutdown. Found hole in crankcase due to failed connecting rod

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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