# Accident 19780910028659A: Gulstm AA5, Greensboro, NC, September 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1978
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9905U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9905U-2018-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 40 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DKM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780910028659A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78DKM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM24), Sep 10, 1978: Grum Amer AA-5A (N9905U), Greensboro, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9905U (1)

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

- [Accident 19770416007999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770416007999A), Apr 16, 1977: Gulstm AA5 (N9905U), NC, Substantial damage

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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