# Accident 19781226041129A: Gulstm AA5, Madison, WI, December 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1978
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 43.2222° N, 89.4682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE (WI65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-89.4682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9649U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9649U-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 34 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781226041129A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT BRAKE FROZE

## 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 CHI79DEP19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP19), Dec 26, 1978: Grumman AA-1C (N9649U), Madison, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9649U (1)

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

- [Accident 20090902048919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090902048919A), Sep 2, 2009: Grumman Ame AA-1C (N9649U), Holland, MI, Substantial damage. The pilot stated that while landing on runway 05, during the flare/ touchdown the airplane began porpoising. While attempting to correct and make a rejected…

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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