# Accident 19800820037699A: Gulstm AA5B, Boulder, CO, August 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1980, 10:20 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28420-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 46 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800820037699A

## Narrative

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

DURING GO AROUND ENGINE QUIT,AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO LAKE.

## 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 DEN80FTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE72), Aug 20, 1980: Grum-Amer AA-5B (N28420), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N28420 (1)

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

- [Accident 19831120058099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831120058099A), Nov 20, 1983: Gulstm AA5B (N28420), Boulder, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Bounced and overcontrolled on 3 tries at landing. On 4th go around settled down an embankment. Crashed in a ditch.

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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