# Accident 19790524016839A: Gulstm AA5B, Ramona, CA, May 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1979, 00:01 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28477, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28477-1979-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 35 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524016839A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED NIGHT LANDING. RWY OBSCURED BY FOG. STARTED GO AROUND-SPATIAL DISORIENTATION.CRASHED 3 MILES BEYOND ARPT

## 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 LAX79FUM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUM23), May 24, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5B (N28477), Ramona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N28477 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780226002019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780226002019I), Feb 26, 1978: Gulstm AA5 (N28477), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced several times on landing. Prop struck ground and nose gear bent back.

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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