# Accident 19790507040639A: Gulstm AA5A, Jerome, AZ, May 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1979, 17:50 local time
- Place: Jerome, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7471° N, 112.1075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jerome, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7471&lon=-112.1075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26306 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507040639A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT MOUNTAIN SIDE IN CLEAR AIR WITH SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS IN AREA.WITNESS OBSERVED AIRCRAFT CLIMBING AT IMPACT

## 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 LAX79FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA051), May 7, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5 (N26306), Jerome, AZ, destroyed, 2 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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