# Incident 19780226002019I: Gulstm AA5, San Diego, CA, February 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1978, 17:53 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28477, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28477-1979-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 186 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/19780226002019I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON LANDING. PROP STRUCK GROUND AND NOSE GEAR BENT BACK.

## Other reports on N28477 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790524016839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524016839A), May 24, 1979: Gulstm AA5B (N28477), Ramona, CA, Substantial damage. Attempted night landing. Rwy obscured by fog. Started go around-spatial disorientation. Crashed 3 miles beyond arpt

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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