# Accident 19800426010729A: Gulstm AA1C, Mt Comfort, IN, April 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1980, 12:35 local time
- Place: Mt Comfort, IN
- Airport: Mt Comfort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8309° N, 85.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Comfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8309&lon=-85.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9926U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9926U-2009-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 25 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEX14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEX14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800426010729A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED PILOT FRIEND TO LAND FROM RIGHT SEAT. INEXPERIENCED IN TYPE & RIGHT SEATBOUNCED, STALLED. NOSE HIT RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI80FEX14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEX14), Apr 26, 1980: Grumman AA-1C (N9926U), Mt Comfort, IN, substantial damage

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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