# Accident 19760722029589A: Gulstm AA5, Lexington, KY, July 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1976
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9778U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9778U-1976-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760722029589A

## Narrative

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

MIXT CTL IN IDLE CUTOFF.STUDENT PLT HAD DIFFICULTY IN TFC PATTERN SPACING.

## 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 IAD76AI085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI085), Jul 22, 1976: Grum Amer AA-5A (N9778U), Lexington, KY, 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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