# Accident 19780916036839A: Gulstm AA1, Bear Valley, CA, September 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1978
- Place: Bear Valley, CA
- Airport: Bear Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.4588° N, 120.0399° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAR VALLEY (73CA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4588&lon=-120.0399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9812U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9812U-1982-04-15) (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 AA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916036839A

## Narrative

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

DA APRX 9600FT.

## 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 OAK78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA054), Sep 16, 1978: Grum Amer AA-1C (N9812U), Bear Valley, CA, 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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