# Accident 19790811025489A: Gulstm AA5A, Brenham, TX, August 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1581° N, 96.3956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brenham, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1581&lon=-96.3956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26302-1993-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 63 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811025489A

## Narrative

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

OPER. ACFT NEAR THUNDERSTORM. DOWNDRAFT FORCED ACFT INTO CLOUD & UNCONTROLLED DECENT. RECOVERY MADE, LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 FTW79DRA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRA36), Aug 11, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5A (N26302), Brenham, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N26302 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900519016709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900519016709A), May 19, 1990: Gulstm AA5A (N26302), Plainefiled, MA, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Stall landed after clearing trees. Fuel selector on right empty tank. Fuel in left tank.

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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