# Accident 19800716025969A: Gulstm AA5B, Columbus, OH, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1524R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1524R-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 544 total, 46 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEK22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEK22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716025969A

## Narrative

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

ON SHORT FINAL, FLEW INTO WAKE TURBULENCE BEHIND A JET LINER. CRASHED OFF EDGE 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 CHI80FEK22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEK22), Jul 16, 1980: Grum Amer AA-5B (N1524R), Columbus, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1524R (1)

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

- [Accident 19870616059759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870616059759A), Jun 16, 1987: Gulstm AA5B (N1524R), Croton Fall, NY, Substantial damage. Lost power slowly en route. Forced landing in city dump. Carburetor air filter burned and pieces fouled carburetor

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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