# Accident 19800705024729A: Gulstm AA5, San Diego, CA, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 22:56 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9553L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9553L-1982-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 33 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705024729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT IN IFR WEATHER AND WAS OBSERVED SPIRALING INTO GROUND A FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX80FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA116), Jul 5, 1980: Grum-Amer AA-5 (N9553L), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N9553L (1)

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

- [Accident 19780513018339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780513018339A), May 13, 1978: Grumav AA5 (N9553L), Santa Monica, CA, Substantial damage. #3 Cyl exh valve stuck closed. Overshot ldg attempt,hit brush drg alt turn back to rwy.

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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