- Date
- May 23, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9581UGulfstream American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850523021019A
- Case key
- 13075
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot inadvertently attempted to take off with at least 21 deg. Of flaps. The acft climbed to approximately 30-50 8T. AGL and passed over a hangar on the left side of the runway. Once past the hangar the acft began a rapid descent. Post impact fire destroyed the right wing and cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9581U
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-5A-0081
- Airframe hours
- 1,187
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Graig G. Becker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1985
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson, runway 36, 2,150 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 24 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.