# Accident 19890618016059A: Gulstm AA1C, Kalaupapa, HI, June 18, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1989, 14:22 local time
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Airport: Kalaupapa Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.1897° N, 156.9798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1897&lon=-156.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88ME-1991-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1C
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890618016059A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX89LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA222), Jun 19, 1989: American AA-1C (N88ME), Kalaupapa, HI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO PREVENT A STALL FROM WHICH THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER.

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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