# Accident 19910707026119A: Gulstm AA5B, Willimantic, CT, July 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1991, 23:05 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43ER-1994-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 124 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910707026119A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES AT NIGHT IN DENSE FOG. NOT IFR RATED. NO WEATHER BRIEFING.

## 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 NYC91FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA174), Jul 8, 1991: Gulfstream American AA5B (N43ER), Columbia, CT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE DECISION OF THE PILOT TO CONTINUE FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF…

## Other reports on N43ER (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810928083779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928083779I), Sep 28, 1981: Grumav AA5B (N43ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft swerved off taxiway when brakes applied. Brakes inspected and no leaks or other malfunctions found.

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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