# Accident 19880216002589A: Gulstm AA5A, Bridgeport, CT, February 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1988, 11:51 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26834, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26834-1990-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,277 total, 80 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880216002589A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED, BEGAN GO AROUND. AIMED AT BUILDINGS OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. TURNED TO AVOID SAME. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC88LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA082), Feb 16, 1988: Gulfstream AA-5B (N26834), Bridgeport, CT, destroyed

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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