# Incident 19791201048399I: Gulstm AA1B, Tewksbury, MA, December 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Tewksbury, MA
- Airport: Tew Mac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5975° N, 71.2046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEW MAC (80MA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5975&lon=-71.2046&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9879L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791201048399I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO ABORTED 2 APPROACHES, LANDED 100 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY ON 3RD ATTEMPT. BENT NOSE STRUT, PROP.

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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