# Accident 19790807024709A: Gulstm AA5A, Gunnison, CA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 08:10 local time
- Place: Gunnison, CA
- Airport: Gunnison
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5455L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5455L-1989-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 149 total, 69 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807024709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF & WHILE APPLYING BRAKES SEAT CAME LOOSE CAUSING PILOT'S FEET TO RELEASE BRAKES. ACFT CRASHED

## 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 DEN79FTE74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE74), Aug 7, 1979: Grumman AA-5A (N5455L), Gunnison, CO, 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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