# Incident 19830727042529I: Gulstm AA5, Aurora, CO, July 27, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1983, 10:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5832L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5832L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830727042529I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON ROUGH DIRT RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HARD ON RUTS AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N5832L (1)

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

- [Accident 20260511008269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260511008269A), May 11, 2026: American AA-5 (N5832L), Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. On 05/11/2026 [privacy data omitted] departed krir at 7:41PM local time in daylight visual meteorological conditions, with the pilot as the only occupant and…

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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