19870710037439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm 112A · Vero Beach, FL · July 10, 1987

Date
July 10, 1987 · 16:28 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
New Hibiscus Airpark
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1440J
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA87FA203
Reported as
Gulstm 112A
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1D6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,615 total1,420 in this make and model90 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.

Lost directional control on takeoff. Wing hit ground. Hit a tree. Burst into flames. Cartwheeled. Became inverted.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. WING HIT GROUND. HIT A TREE. BURST INTO FLAMES. CARTWHEELED. BECAME INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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