# Accident 19790411014399A: Gulstm AA5, Marathon, FL, April 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7373L-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790411014399A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA069), Apr 11, 1979: Amer Avco AA-5 (N7373L), Marathon, FL, destroyed, 1 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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