# Accident 19980912023699A: Gulstm AA1B, Ellicott, CO, September 12, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1998
- Place: Ellicott, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs East Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8400° N, 104.2205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8400&lon=-104.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6288L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6288L-2000-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA394) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980912023699A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJ., ACFT WAS DESTORYED. (-23)ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1998, AT 10:15 MDT, GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B, REGISTRATION NUMBER N6288L, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY JOHN F. CRATER (PILOT), IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING 1 MILE WEST OF COLOADO SPRINGS EAST AIRPORT (CO50), ELLICOTT, COLORADO.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  IT APPEARS THAT THIS FLIGHT WAS A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER, PROMOTED BY THE EAA "YOUNG EAGLES", AND HAD DEPARTED MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT (OOV), PEYTON, CO, APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES EARLIER.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATE THAT POWER FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY FUEL EXHAUSTION.  IT ALSO APPEARS THAT THE CRASH WAS DUE TO LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL RESULTING IN A STALL.

## 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 FTW98FA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA394), Sep 12, 1998: Grumman American AA-1B (N6288L), Yoder, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control due to not maintaining adequate airspeed and the subsequent inadvertent stall. Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight and the engine's power failure due to…

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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