# Accident 19980313042069A: Gulstm 680FLP, Fond Du Lac, WI, March 13, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1998, 13:15 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7708° N, 88.4404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7708&lon=-88.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777MX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777MX-1998-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL P (registry code 0141610, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680FLP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980313042069A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 18 WITH WINDS REPORTED TO BE 190 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 21 KNOTS. THE PILOT SAID THAT DURING INITIAL CLIMB TO 200 FEET AGL, HE ENCOUTERED TURBULENCE AND WAS UNALBE TO MAINTAIN FLIGHT.  HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD ABOUT ONE-QUARTER MILE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.                                              (-23) ON MARCH 13, 1998 AT 1315 CST AN AERO COMMANDER 680-FLP, N777MX COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 180 WHILE TAKING OFF AT FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND TWO OF THE THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.  ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A BUSINESS FLIGHT BY COREY SCHRAM UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FOND DU LAC WISCONSIN AT 1315 CST.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA105), Mar 13, 1998: Aero Commander 680FLP (N777MX), Fond Du Lac, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged weather evaluation . Factors were turbulence, the pilot's inability to attain a proper climb rate, unsuitable terrain encountered in the landing area, and crops.

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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