# Accident 19800519019179A: Gulstm AA5, Clearwater, FL, May 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N1370R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1370R-2005-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 582 total, 582 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800519019179A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN APPARENT NOT ENOUGH SPEED OR POWER FOR SAFE TAKEOFF. RAN OFF END OF 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 MIA80FLD68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD68), May 19, 1980: Grum-Amer AA-5 (N1370R), Clearwater, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1370R (1)

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

- [Accident 19990817012369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817012369A), Aug 17, 1999: Amrgen AA5 (N1370R), Newcastle, WY, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Acft struck a power line and crashed, all 4 POB suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed by fire. (-23)pilot struck powerline while flying at a low…

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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