19790411014399A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Marathon, FL · April 11, 1979

Date
April 11, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7373L
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA069
Reported as
Gulstm AA5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total0 in this make and model0 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 was buzzing ocean beach area in front of his house. Made pull up in a steep bank. Aircraft stalled, hit water

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS BUZZING OCEAN BEACH AREA IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. MADE PULL UP IN A STEEP BANK. AIRCRAFT STALLED, HIT WATER

NTSB investigation

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