# Incident 19780309015629I: Gulstm AA5A, Rostraver, PA, March 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1978, 10:05 local time
- Place: Rostraver, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1690° N, 79.8087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Rostraver, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1690&lon=-79.8087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9772U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9772U-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 6 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/19780309015629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TURNED FROM RUNWAY TO SNOW-COVERED TAXIWAY. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ENDED IN SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N9772U (2)

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

- [Accident 19870926057429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870926057429A), Sep 26, 1987: Gulstm AA5A (N9772U), Irwin, PA, Substantial damage. While taxiing struck a tree stump. Failed to close throttle, rolled off end of runway into ditch.
- [Incident 19780920018909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920018909I), Sep 20, 1978: Gulstm AA5A (N9772U), Belle Vernon, PA, Substantial damage. Pilot touched down hard stopped on taxiway and found prop tips bent, nose gear assembly bent, cowl cracked.

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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