# NTSB FTW80FAMS3: Grum-Amer GA-7, N710GA, Corpus Christi, TX, May 7, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1980
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131352
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW80FAMS3
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FAMS3

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0798   80/5/7  NR.CORPUS CHRISTI,TX  GRUM-AMER GA-7      CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2000                    N710GA              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 43, 7000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-UNKNOWN      OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PORT ISABELL,TX             DALLAS,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- BODIES RECOVERED FROM CORPUS CHRISTI BAY.ACFT NOT RECOVERED,DMG PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N710GA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N710GA-1982-02-25), registration cancelled 1982-02-25, S/N GA7-0010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUM-AMER GA-7
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. GA-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-ga-7) (registry code 3960401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800507030829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507030829A), May 7, 1980: Gulstm GA7, Portland, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Became missing, night flight. Found bodies in bay. Main wreckage not found. Was over gross weight. Alcohol involved

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.