# Accident 19800917041689A: Gulstm AA5B, Chesterfield, MO, September 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1980, 00:21 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Loui
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4516L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4516L-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800917041689A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON HILL ON VFR APPROACH TO AIRPORT. FACTORS LOW CLOUDS, RAIN, GUSTY DARK NIGHT. VFR NOT ADVISED.

## 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 MKC80FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA057), Sep 17, 1980: Gulf-Amer AA-5B (N4516L), Chesterfield, MO, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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