# Accident 19780317040439A: Gulstm AA5, Sandusky, OH, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffing-Sandusky
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4334° N, 82.6523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Griffing Sandusky Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4334&lon=-82.6523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1552R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1552R-1978-03-17) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317040439A

## Narrative

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

NO RECORD OF PLT BEING CHECKED OUT IN ACFT OR X-COUNTRY PROC AS PLUB REGS.

## 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 CHI78FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA029), Mar 17, 1978: Grum Amer AA5-B (N1552R), Sandusky, OH, 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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