# Incident 19800329042929I: Gulstm AA5B, Clearwater, FL, March 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1980, 21:15 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Cle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1579R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1579R) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 125 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/19800329042929I

## Narrative

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

TOWER REQUESTED PILOT TO EXPEDITE CLEARING THE RUNWAY. PILOT STRUCK AN UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N1579R (1)

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

- [Incident 19910706029399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910706029399I), Jul 6, 1991: Gulstm AA5B (N1579R), Cumberland Isla, GA, Minor damage. Pilot hit a pot hole on landing rollout at a Private airstrip. Nose gear collapsed.

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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