# Incident 19840422027929I: Gulstm AA1B, New York, NY, April 22, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1984, 13:06 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8993L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8993L-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840422027929I

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. SPOTTED JFK AIRPORT. LANDED BETWEEN TWO HEAVY JET AIRLINERS.

## Other reports on N8993L (2)

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

- [Accident 19871114068009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871114068009A), Nov 14, 1987: Gulstm AA1B (N8993L), Tewkbury, MA, Substantial damage. Landed nose first, bounced, porpoised and flipped over during a landing.
- [Accident 19780610016169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780610016169A), Jun 10, 1978: Gulstm AA1 (N8993L), Wiscasset, ME, Substantial damage. Plt stated overshot rwy after circling it with engine out.

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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