# Incident 19800509051809I: Gulstm AA5B, Stratford, CT, May 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4547K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4547K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 175 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/19800509051809I

## Narrative

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

BIRD'S NEST IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON GROUND.

## Other reports on N4547K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820729033779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820729033779A), Jul 29, 1982: Gulstm AA5B (N4547K), Madison, CT, Substantial damage. Steep approach and delayed go-around on downwind landing resulted in a crash landing off end of runway.

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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