# Accident 19790401019879A: Gulstm AA5, Pompey, NY, April 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Pompey, NY
- Airport: Wallbridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8866° N, 75.9990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wall Bridge Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8866&lon=-75.9990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9535L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9535L-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 225 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401019879A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL OF ACFT IN IFR WEATHER DURING ENROUTE FLIGHT. ACFT HIT TREES AND BURNED. NO WEATHHER CHECK.

## 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 NYC79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA032), Apr 1, 1979: Grum Amer AA-5 (N9535L), Pompey, NY, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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