# Accident 19980121000519A: Gulstm 695A, Baco Raton, FL, January 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1998, 15:34 local time
- Place: Baco Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4596° N, 80.1109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4596&lon=-80.1109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269M-1998-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream AM Corp Comm Div 695A (registry code 3970411, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-am-corp-comm-div-695a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 695A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,606 total, 843 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121000519A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED IN TROUBLE CLIMBING TO CRUISE. LOST CONTROL CRASHED IN ORCHARD. THUNDERSTROM CELLS IN AREA. SIGMETS OUT (.4)THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND WAS AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEST AND NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS ISSUED THE FLIGHT CLEARANCE AS FILED, AND WAS ASSIGNED AN INITIAL ALTITUDE OF 2000 FEET. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER QUESTIONED THE PILOT CONCERNING THE ASSIGNED HEADING. THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT THE PILOT 'SOUNDED EXTREMELY STRAINED' AND REPLIED, 'N269M IS IN TROUBLE.' RADAR ALTITUDE DATA SHOWED A RAPID LOSS OF ALTITUDE FOR N269M; THE LAST RADAR ALTITUDE DATA SHOWED THE FLIGHT AT 2800 FEET. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. WEATHER RADAR DATA FROM THE MIAMI WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR-1988, DOPPLER (WSR-88D) SHOWED A LARGE, INTENSE CONVECTIVE CELL JUST WEST OF BOCA RATON BETWEEN 1530:15 AND 1535:57. MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. A REVIEW OF THE RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT N269M WAS 3.5 TO 4.0 MILES NORTH OF THE CORE OF THE LARGE CONVECTIVE CELL.                                                                                 (-23)INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY^ RECEIVED ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION AIRCRAFT (N269M) DEPARTED BOCA RATON, FL TO LAWRENCEVILLE GA. AFTER TAKE-OFF N269M WAS CLEARED TO 5000 FEET.  PILOT STATED "369M IN TROUBLE", AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY DESCENDED, DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A TREE FRAM LOCATED IN DELRAY BEACH WEST OF ATLANTIC AVE AND ONE MILE ROAD.  AIRCRAFT DESTROYED OVER APPROXIAMTELY 1/2 ACRE.  3 FATAL.

## 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 ATL98FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98FA036), Jan 21, 1998: Twin Commander Acft. 695A (N269M), Delray Beach, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot flew into known convective meterological conditions and lost control of the airplane. Factors were low clouds, and moderate to heavy rain.

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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