# Accident 19790715018069A: Gulstm AA5, Au Gres, MI, July 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1979, 21:20 local time
- Place: Au Gres, MI
- Airport: Au Gres
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0532° N, 83.6998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Au Gres Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0532&lon=-83.6998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7104L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7104L-2013-05-03) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 101 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK79X0113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715018069A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF ON ROUGH,SOFT,SHORT FIELD. FLAPS DOWN. ABORTED T/O 50FT. IN AIR. LANDED, RAN OFF RWY.

## 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 UNK79X0113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0113), Jul 15, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5 (N7104L), Au Gres, MI, destroyed

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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