# Accident 19731107037939A: Gulstm AA1, Douglas, AZ, November 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1973
- Place: Douglas, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 31.3993° N, 109.5413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Douglas, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3993&lon=-109.5413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9286L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9286L-1973-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 100 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUJ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731107037939A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO HILLSIDE OUT OF TRNG AREA.ELT AIDED IN SEARCH.RECOVERED 11/8/73.

## 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 LAX74FUJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUJ32), Nov 7, 1973: Amer Avco AA1-A (N9286L), Douglas, AZ, destroyed

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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