# Accident 19890916034989A: Gulstm 112B, La Grange, CA, September 16, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1989, 14:40 local time
- Place: La Grange, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6608° N, 120.4495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6608&lon=-120.4495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1232J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1232J-1989-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 112B (registry code 7630303, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 112B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 145 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89FA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890916034989A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS RAIN AND TURBULENCE. LOST CONTROL CRASHED INTO A LAKE AT HIGH SPEED.

## 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 LAX89FA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA304), Sep 16, 1989: Rockwell 112B (N1232J), La Grange, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. RELATED FACTORS WERE: FLIGHT INTO KNOWN…

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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