# Accident 19780830040069A: Gulstm AA5, Laona, WI, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978
- Place: Laona, WI
- Airport: Connor Farm
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 45.5597° N, 88.6697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laona, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5597&lon=-88.6697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9976U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9976U-1979-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 1 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830040069A

## Narrative

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

5 IN. HIGH GRASS R/W.ACFT 67LBS OVER CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 CHI78FEP64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP64), Aug 30, 1978: Grumman AA-1C (N9976U), Laona, WI, destroyed, 2 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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