19851221063379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-1A · Cloudcroft, NM · December 21, 1985

Date
December 21, 1985 · 12:20 local
Place
Cloudcroft, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9201L
Reported as
Gulstm AA1A
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
384 total318 in this make and model16 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.

Turned into a canyon by mistake. Unable to outclimb rising terrain. Stalled aircraft into trees.

As the FAA filed it

TURNED INTO A CANYON BY MISTAKE. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. STALLED AIRCRAFT INTO TREES.