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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA5A · Farmingdale, NY · March 17, 1979

Date
March 17, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5856L
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FHJ07
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
166 total70 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot taxied into a post after landing. Claimed brake failure. Nothing found wrong with brakes.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED INTO A POST AFTER LANDING. CLAIMED BRAKE FAILURE. NOTHING FOUND WRONG WITH BRAKES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.