# Accident 19791006027849A: Gulstm AA5B, Elsinore, CA, October 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81129, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81129-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG57-202523) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791006027849A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON GO AROUND. HIT ROCKY MOUND 300 FEET OFF 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 LAX80FUG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG57-202523), Oct 6, 1979: Grum-Amer AA-5B (N81129), Elsinore, CA, 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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