# Accident 19790914023909A: Gulstm AA5A, Friday Harbor, WA, September 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1979, 17:55 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Friday Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5339° N, 123.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Friday Harbor, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5339&lon=-123.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26832, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26832-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 4 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYE48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790914023909A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES ON SHORT FINAL. IMPACTED GROUND JUST SHORT 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 SEA79DYE48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYE48), Sep 14, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5A (N26832), Friday Harbor, WA, 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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