# Accident 19950907033059A: Gulstm AA5A, Midland, TX, September 7, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1995, 13:45 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9642U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9642U-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95FA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950907033059A

## Narrative

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

NEW PRIVATE PILOT TOOK OFF DOWNWIND USED ALL RUNWAY. PULLED UP STEEPLY OVER HOUSES. STALLED INTO SAME. OVER GROSS.

## 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 FTW95FA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA380), Sep 7, 1995: Grumman American AA-5A (N9642U), Midland, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of a downwind runway for takeoff. Factors were the tailwind, the density altitude, and the overloading of the airplane.

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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