# Accident 19790222003429A: Gulstm AA5A, Big Bear Lake, CA, February 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1979, 07:55 local time
- Place: Big Bear Lake, CA
- Airport: Big Bear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9871U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9871U-1983-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790222003429A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AT 6700 FT ALTITUDE WITH FROST ON WINGS.ACFT SETTLED ONTO ICE AND SNOW COVERED LAKE.

## 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 LAX79DUG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUG18), Feb 22, 1979: Stolamph AA-5A (N9871U), Big Bear City, CA, destroyed

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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