# Incident 19781211024769I: Gulstm AA1, Santa Monica, CA, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978, 15:22 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1507R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1507R-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 5 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/19781211024769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ROUGH ENGINE. NO ENGINE PROBLEMS FOUND. SUSPECT ROUGHNESS DUE TO CARB HEAT

## Other reports on N1507R (1)

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

- [Accident 19830708033419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830708033419A), Jul 8, 1983: Gulstm AA1B (N1507R), Boulder City, NV, Destroyed. Tried to land with a 30 knot tailwind. Advised to go around. Struck rising terrain on the climbout.

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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