19870915053019A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Corpus Christi, TX · September 15, 1987

Date
September 15, 1987 · 19:40 local
Place
Corpus Christi, TX
Airport
Padre Island
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6035L
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87FA219
Reported as
Gulstm AA5
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2G
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
688 total3 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.

Aircraft spun in during a hammerhead stall at low altitude. Aircraft over gross weight and beyond aft CG.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SPUN IN DURING A HAMMERHEAD STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND BEYOND AFT CG.

NTSB investigation

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