# Incident 19781209022209I: Gulstm AA5A, Roswell, NM, December 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Industrial
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9920U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9920U) (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 AA5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781209022209I

## Narrative

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

AILERON FLUTTER IN FLIGHT DUE SEPARATION OF A NYLON BUSHING IN THE BEARING ASSEMBLY. PILOT CONTINUED AT SLOW SPEED.

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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