# Accident 19800409008659A: Gulstm AA5B, Moraga, CA, April 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Moraga, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8457° N, 122.1232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moraga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8457&lon=-122.1232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78EM-1985-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 8 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800409008659A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED NEAR RIDGE-TOP, TRYING TO FLY VFR THROUGH HILLY AREA WITH RIDGES OBSCURED.

## 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 LAX80FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA078), Apr 9, 1980: Grum Amer AA-5B (N78EM), Moraga, CA, destroyed, 1 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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