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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Burlington, VT · March 21, 1979

Date
March 21, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Burlington, VT
Airport
Villeneuve
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5401L
Reported as
Gulstm AA5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total281 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.

Aircraft hit trees on takeoff from short, gravel runway.. There was evidence the tail dragged prior to takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT TREES ON TAKEOFF FROM SHORT, GRAVEL RUNWAY.. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE TAIL DRAGGED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.