# Accident 19800322012919A: Gulstm AA1B, San Diego, CA, March 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1980, 11:55 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8964L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8964L-2006-05-15) (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 AA1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,024 total, 0 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322012919A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING. BOUNCED, CAME DOWN ON NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 LAX80FUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM16), Mar 22, 1980: Grum Amer AA1-B (N8964L), San Diego, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8964L (1)

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

- [Accident 19850712031129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850712031129A), Jul 12, 1985: Gulstm AA1B (N8964L), Paso Robles, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on crosscountry flight. Stall landing in a rough field.

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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