# Accident 19790617027749A: Gulstm AA1B, Clearwater, MN, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 10:25 local time
- Place: Clearwater, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4099° N, 94.0446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4099&lon=-94.0446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1459R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1459R-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617027749A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT CARRYING A PASENGER. TRIED TO LAND ON ROAD, HIT A WIRE.

## 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 MKC79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA036), Jun 17, 1979: Grumman AA-1B (N1459R), Clearwater, MN, 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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