# Incident 19791215046699I: Gulstm AA1, Concord, CA, December 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9576L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9576L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 50 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/19791215046699I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING IN GUSTY WIND, BOUNCED OFF RUNWAY, DAMAGED LEFT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N9576L (2)

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

- [Incident 20160216002129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160216002129I), Feb 16, 2016: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B (N9576L), Salinas, CA, Minor damage. The airman stated he made a normal approach and landing. During the landing roll the aircraft begain to porpoise. This continued until the nose gear failed.
- [Incident 20110227003629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110227003629I), Feb 27, 2011: Grumman Ame AA-1B (N9576L), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. While enroute over Monterey, CA, aircraft lost the aircraft canopy in-flight, declared an emergency, then made an emergency landing at salinas airport (sns).

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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