# Accident 19790921024979A: Gulstm AA1C, Minden, LA, September 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1979, 13:05 local time
- Place: Minden, LA
- Airport: Minden
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6460° N, 93.2981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN (MNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6460&lon=-93.2981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9784U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9784U-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 7 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRJ25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790921024979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING. HE CLAIMS WIND PICKED UP WING AND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL.

## 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 FTW79DRJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRJ25), Sep 21, 1979: Grum-Amer AA1-C (N9784U), Minden, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9784U (1)

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

- [Accident 19800716025759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716025759A), Jul 16, 1980: Gulstm AA1C (N9784U), Plain Dealing, LA, Destroyed. Pilot reported engine quit. Struck trees & a levee on emergency landing. No engine defects found.

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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