# Accident 19961019033179A: Gulstm 685, Eden, WI, October 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eden, WI
- Airport: Northridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6891° N, 88.3597° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6891&lon=-88.3597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58RG-1998-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 685 (registry code 0141612, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-685) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 685
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 993 total, 5 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961019033179A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED PRIVATE STRIP, GOT AIRBORNE AND LOST POWER, CRASHED IN A FIELD. (.4)PRIOR TO TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE TURF AIRSTRIP (1400'X 90'), THE PILOT ADJUSTED THE LEFT ENGINE'S FUEL PUMP.  ON TAKEOFF ROLL THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN SURGING.  THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF.  THE PILOT LIFTED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 1000' AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE TO GET OVER THE TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRSTRIP.  THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT SAID HE STALLED THE AIRPLANE AND SHOULD HAVE PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO GAIN AIRSPEED.  THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK INDICTED A TAKEOFF ROLL OF APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET WAS NEEDED ON A DRY PAVED SURFACE.                            (-23) ON 10/19/96 AT 1700 LOCAL TIME AN AERO COMMANDER 685, N58RG PILOTED BY MR. GLEN A KRANIG TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 32 AT HIS PRIVATE STRIP ON NORTHRIDGE ROAD, EDEN WI. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A TREE TOP WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DROPPED AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CART WHEELED ABOUT THE LEFT WING AND THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A CORN FIELD FACING 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF TAKE   OFF. AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND MR. KRANIG WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT...

## 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 CHI97LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA011), Oct 19, 1996: Aero Commander 685 (N58RG), Eden, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: a partial loss of engine power due to improper adjustment of the fuel pump by an unqualified person (pilot-in-command) and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his selection of…

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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