# Accident 19870823066899A: Gulstm AA5, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, August 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1987, 18:00 local time
- Place: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4411° N, 66.3976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vega Baja, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4411&lon=-66.3976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UA-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-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 O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 231 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870823066899A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER EN ROUTE. DAMAGED LANDING IN A FIELD. MAG INOPERATIVE, MADE LONG DESCENT IN CLOUDS WITHOUT CARB HEAT.

## 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 MIA87LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA230), Aug 23, 1987: Grumman American AA-5 (N100UA), Vega Baja, PR, 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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