# Incident 19780122004139I: Gulstm AA1, Waukesha, WI, January 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0091° N, 88.2451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukesha, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0091&lon=-88.2451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9709U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9709U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780122004139I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON FIRST SOLO TOUCH AND GO. RAN OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9709U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800504044999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504044999I), May 4, 1980: Gulstm AA1 (N9709U), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off end of runway and struck taxiway light after being instructed to "expedite to the end".
- [Incident 19781119026409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781119026409I), Nov 19, 1978: Gulstm AA1A (N9709U), Madison, WI, Minor damage. Student made hard landing on solo cross-country flight. Damage to prop and nose gear strut.

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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