- Date
- September 24, 1978
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N91GGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780924038569A
- Case key
- 139315
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3454 78/9/24 HOUSTON,TX GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1447 N91G PX- 0 1 17 CORP/EXEC 39, 10284 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 955 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONCA CITY,OK HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG SHUT DOWN IN FLT DUE LOW OIL PRES.R PROP NOT FULLY FEATHERED,L ENG NOT ABLE FULL ACCELERATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91G
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Houston Hobby
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.