# Accident 19830513076009A: Gulstm AA5B, Bedminster, NJ, May 13, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1983, 16:55 local time
- Place: Bedminster, NJ
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28426, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28426-2024-06-29) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,795 total, 550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513076009A

## Narrative

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

EXHAUST VALVE FAILED BY WORN GUIDE, LED TO PARTIAL POWER LOSS.HIT TREES ON GO AROUND AFTER HIGH APPROACH TO 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 NYC83FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA110), May 13, 1983: Grumman American AA5B (N28426), Bedminster, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N28426 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780530042629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530042629A), May 30, 1978: Gulstm AA5B (N28426), Cross Keys, NJ, Substantial damage

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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