# Accident 19850916045449A: Gulstm 500S, Cloquet, MN, September 16, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1985, 22:05 local time
- Place: Cloquet, MN
- Airport: Cloquet Carlton Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7191° N, 92.4897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7191&lon=-92.4897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8139P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,750 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA379) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850916045449A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI85FA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA379), Sep 17, 1985: Gulfstream 500-S (N8139P), Cloquet, MN, destroyed, 1 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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