# Incident 19780426010999I: Gulstm AA5, Houston, TX, April 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1978, 18:04 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6062L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6062L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 17 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/19780426010999I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED LONG AND PORPOISED. SHEARED OFF NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGED PROP.

## Other reports on N6062L (1)

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

- [Accident 19730303004959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730303004959A), Mar 3, 1973: Grumav AA5 (N6062L), Marana, AZ, Substantial damage. Eng cut out on apch. Lnd fast & porpoised. Eng ran normally so made go around. Eng quit on base.

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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