# Accident 19800221003569A: Gulstm AA5B, Spencer, IA, February 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1980, 16:35 local time
- Place: Spencer, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1470° N, 95.1527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1470&lon=-95.1527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74028, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74028-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,073 total, 453 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800221003569A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK GROUND IN STEEP NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE THREE MILES FROM AIRPORT. HAD REPORTED AIRFRAME ICING. LOW IFR TIME.

## 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 MKC80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA024), Feb 21, 1980: Grum-Amer AA-5B (N74028), Spencer, IA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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