19791016037349A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA5B · Flagstaff, AZ · October 16, 1979

Date
October 16, 1979 · 16:05 local
Place
Flagstaff, AZ
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28709
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DUJ31
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,600 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft hit downdraft during a low altitude photo flight. Forced to land in meadow. Hit tree.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT DOWNDRAFT DURING A LOW ALTITUDE PHOTO FLIGHT. FORCED TO LAND IN MEADOW. HIT TREE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.