# Accident 19790806017329A: Gulstm AA1B, Brookings, SD, August 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1979, 19:10 local time
- Place: Brookings, SD
- Airport: Brookings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3045° N, 96.8189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKINGS RGNL (BKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3045&lon=-96.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6333L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6333L-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1B (registry code 0630820, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 497 total, 10 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790806017329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TAKEOFF ON AIRPORT THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.GOT OFF SOD RUNWAY AND CRASHED AFTER HITTING ROAD.

## 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 MKC79FTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK23), Aug 6, 1979: Grumman AA-1B (N6333L), Brookings, SD, substantial damage

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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