# Accident 19781021033599A: Gulstm AA5, Roche Harbor, WA, October 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1978
- Place: Roche Harbor, WA
- Airport: Roche Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 48.6074° N, 123.1306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roche Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6074&lon=-123.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28924, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28924-1979-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 54 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781021033599A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES STATED LCL WX AS HIGH THIN OVCST,PATCHY FOG OR SCUD MOVIN FM EAST,NO MOON VISIBLE.

## 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 SEA79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA006), Oct 21, 1978: Grum Amer AA-5B (N28924), Roche Harbor, WA, destroyed, 4 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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