# Accident 19790713019779A: Gulstm AA5B, Polo, IL, July 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1979, 11:35 local time
- Place: Polo, IL
- Airport: Radio Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9848° N, 89.5804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Polo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9848&lon=-89.5804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28411, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28411-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 3 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK79X0112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790713019779A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS. ACFT HIT EMBANKMENT OFF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 UNK79X0112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0112), Jul 13, 1979: Grumman AA-5B (N28411), Polo, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N28411 (2)

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

- [Incident 19801022084179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801022084179I), Oct 22, 1980: Grumav AA5B (N28411), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. Zd pilot ballooned, then porpoised during landing. Damaged aircraft and runway lights.
- [Accident 19781027034089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781027034089A), Oct 27, 1978: Gulstm AA5 (N28411), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Unauthozized use of acft.

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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