# Accident 19961130036879A: Gulstm 681, Mansfield, OH, November 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7793° N, 82.5301° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7793&lon=-82.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9129N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9129N-1998-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 681 (registry code 0141718, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-681) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 681
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961130036879A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHIEL ATTEMPTING TO LAND. (-23) THE PILOT WAS MAKING A VOR RUNWAY 14 IFR APPROACH TO MANSFIELD, OHIO. DURING THE APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A HIGH TENSION POWER TRANSMISSION LINE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND 2,000 FEET EAST OF THE POWER LINE. AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE HIGH TENSION POWER LINE IS 85 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

## 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 IAD97FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97FA025), Nov 30, 1996: Aero Commander 681 (N9129N), Mansfield, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's early descent below the minimum descent altitude (MDA), while preparing to land from an instrument approach, and his failure to maintain adequate altitude and clearance from…

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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