# Accident 19800705024489A: Gulstm AA1B, Philippi, WV, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 12:44 local time
- Place: Philippi, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1473° N, 80.0504° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philippi, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1473&lon=-80.0504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9611L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9611L-1999-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 184 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705024489A

## Narrative

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

ELECTED TO LAND DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER. OVERSHOT LANDING AREA, LANDING DOWNWIND.

## 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 ATL80FIJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIJ04), Jul 5, 1980: Grum Amer AA1-B (N9611L), Philippi, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9611L (1)

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

- [Accident 19960817029819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817029819A), Aug 17, 1996: Gulstm AA1B (N9611L), Tafton, PA, Substantial damage. Overran Private strip landing. Ran down embankment. Was on his second try for landing.

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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