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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm 500S · Cloquet, MN · September 16, 1985

Date
September 16, 1985 · 22:05 local
Place
Cloquet, MN
Airport
Cloquet Carlton Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8139P
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85FA379
Reported as
Gulstm 500S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540E1B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,750 total3,000 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit trees on adf final approach. Had descended below mda on previous approaches, according to another pilot.

As the FAA filed it

HIT TREES ON ADF FINAL APPROACH. HAD DESCENDED BELOW MDA ON PREVIOUS APPROACHES, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER PILOT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.