# Accident 19840801001449A: Gulstm AA5B, Chicago, IL, August 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1984, 21:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4557E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4557E-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840801001449A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DURING LANDING. PILOT ATTEMPTED GO AROUND BUT AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO FENCE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4557E (1)

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

- [Accident 19901125060659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901125060659A), Nov 25, 1990: Gulstm AA5B (N4557E), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Flared high on night landing. Impacted. Bounced. Went around with bent prop. Landing nose gear folded. Spars bent.

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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