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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA1B · Bulverde, TX · June 6, 1987

Date
June 6, 1987 · 09:30 local
Place
Bulverde, TX
Airport
Bulverde Airpark
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1403R
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87FA137
Reported as
Gulstm AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
333 total59 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.

Unable to stay airborne on takeoff. Aborted and ground looped into a tree to avoid overrun. Mag switch on one mag.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO STAY AIRBORNE ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED AND GROUND LOOPED INTO A TREE TO AVOID OVERRUN. MAG SWITCH ON ONE MAG.

NTSB investigation

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