# Incident 19780318008919I: Gulstm AA1C, Rosamond, CA, March 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1978, 16:20 local time
- Place: Rosamond, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8641° N, 118.1634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosamond, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8641&lon=-118.1634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17MF-2011-02-08) (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 AA1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 11 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/19780318008919I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE HARD LANDING. BOUNCED, THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## Other reports on N17MF (1)

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

- [Accident 19790515008979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790515008979A), May 15, 1979: Gulstm AA1C (N17MF), Rosamond, CA, Destroyed. Student overshot runway alignment on final. Instructor initiated go-around. Airplane stalled,hit ground,flipped over.

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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