# Accident 19781025034079A: Gulstm AA5, Thibodaux, LA, October 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1978
- Place: Thibodaux, LA
- Airport: Thibodaux
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 29.7478° N, 90.8329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THIBODAUX MUNI (L83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7478&lon=-90.8329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1423R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1423R-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781025034079A

## 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 FTW79DRD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD05), Oct 25, 1978: Grum Amer AA-1B (N1423R), Thibodaux, LA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.