# Accident 19740905030389A: Gulstm AA1, Sitka, AK, September 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1974
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8955L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8955L-1974-10-30) (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 AA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740905030389A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED INTO WATER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. ONLY DEBRIS FOUND.

## 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 ANC75AA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA022), Sep 5, 1974: Amer Avco AA1-B (N8955L), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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