# Accident 19820807035139A: Gulstm AA5A, Wiscasset, ME, August 7, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1982, 15:09 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Airport: Wiscasset
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WISCASSET (IWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8476B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8476B-2014-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 272 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820807035139A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAITED TOO LONG TO TAKE CONTROL FROM STUDENT DURING LANDING. AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT 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 NYC82DA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA185), Aug 7, 1982: Grumman AA-5A (N8476B), Wiscasset, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8476B (1)

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

- [Accident 20110614015219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110614015219A), Jun 14, 2011: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A (N8476B), Linden, NC, Destroyed. On 6/14/2011, pilot and 3 passenages boarded aircraft for personal flight. Pilot stated, that on take-off and into climb the aircraft was at 15 degree flaps…

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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