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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Bridgeport, CT · May 4, 1980

Date
May 4, 1980 · 11:00 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Sikorsky
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7165L
Reported as
Gulstm AA5
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total40 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine caught fire after dead stick landing. It was an induction fire due to excessive fuel in manifold.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER DEAD STICK LANDING.IT WAS AN INDUCTION FIRE DUE TO EXCESSIVE FUEL IN MANIFOLD.