19890618016059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-1C · Kalaupapa, HI · June 18, 1989

Date
June 18, 1989 · 14:22 local
Place
Kalaupapa, HI
Airport
Kalaupapa Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N88ME
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX89LA222
Reported as
Gulstm AA1C
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
280 total16 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crashed into water short of runway while trying to land second time in a gusty downwind. Had some kind of emergency

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED INTO WATER SHORT OF RUNWAY WHILE TRYING TO LAND SECOND TIME IN A GUSTY DOWNWIND. HAD SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY

NTSB investigation

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