# Accident 19790928031999A: Gulstm AA5A, Urbanna, OH, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 16:18 local time
- Place: Urbanna, OH
- Airport: Grimes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1324° N, 83.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES FLD (I74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1324&lon=-83.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26755, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26755-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 321 total, 12 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928031999A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE OBSERVED TO IMPACT FROM NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. VFR PILOT ATTEMPTED OPERATION IN ADVERSE WEATHER.

## 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 CHI79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA083), Sep 28, 1979: Grum Amer AA-5A (N26755), Urbana, OH, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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