# Incident 19850213009099I: Gulstm AA1B, Rapid City, SD, February 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1985, 17:11 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8883L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8883L-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850213009099I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BALLOONED AND BOUNCED DOWN RUNWAY. CAME DOWN HARD ON NOSE WHEEL ON THIRD BOUNCE. BENT NOSE WHEEL AND PROP.

## Other reports on N8883L (1)

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

- [Accident 20160326017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326017689A), Mar 26, 2016: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B (N8883L), Stephenville, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft lost power during flight and couldnt make it to Stephenville airport so pilot lined up on a road to make landing but just before landing pilot saw low…

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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