# Accident 20041122034939A: Gulstm G1159A, Houston, TX, November 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2004, 06:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ZLWA
- Location: 29.6014° N, 95.3267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6014&lon=-95.3267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85VT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85VT-2014-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American G-1159A (registry code 3970109, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-g-1159a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G1159A
- Reported engine: RROYCE SPEY5118
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 18,934 total, 450 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA05MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05MA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041122034939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED 3 MILES SHORT OF HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT DURING A POSITIONING FLIGHT. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY WITH 100 FOOT BROKEN CLOUDS.

## 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 DCA05MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05MA011), Nov 22, 2004: Gulfstream Aerospace G-III (N85VT), Houston, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and cross check the flight instruments during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to select the instrument landing…

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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