# Incident 19780826039179I: Gulstm AA1B, Springfield, VT, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978, 15:21 local time
- Place: Springfield, VT
- Airport: State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2966° N, 72.4819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2966&lon=-72.4819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1446R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1446R-2012-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 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/19780826039179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED DOWNDRAFT, LANDED HARD.

## Other reports on N1446R (1)

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

- [Accident 19810907061729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907061729A), Sep 7, 1981: Grumav AA1B (N1446R), Richmond, NH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft crashed during cross country flight. Weather, ceiling 0 and visibility 1/2 mile reported by witness.

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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