# Accident 19791021029009A: Gulstm AA1A, Redfield, SD, October 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1979, 05:39 local time
- Place: Redfield, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8733° N, 98.5192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redfield, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8733&lon=-98.5192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9248L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9248L-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 305 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK03-133459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791021029009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIIED INTO OTHER AIRCRAFT ON DARK RAMP.

## 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 MKC79FTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK03-133459), Oct 21, 1979: Amer Avco AA-1A (N9248L), Redfield, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9248L (1)

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

- [Accident 19840118000949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840118000949A), Jan 18, 1984: Gulstm AA1A (N9248L), Hawley, MN, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during landing and aircraft collided with snowbank.

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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