# Accident 19791109029979A: Gulstm AA1C, Chesapeake, VA, November 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9552U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9552U) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,347 total, 7 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DID01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791109029979A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR LET STUDENT PILOT LAND SHORT OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO RUNWAY, THEN VEERED OFF INTO MUD. FLIPPED.

## 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 IAD80DID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DID01), Nov 9, 1979: Grum Amer AA1-C (N9552U), Cheasapeake, VA, substantial damage

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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