# Accident 19871216072419A: Gulstm AA5, Elizabethtown, KY, December 16, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1987, 08:25 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Elizabethtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7009° N, 85.8707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7009&lon=-85.8707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7151L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7151L-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 322 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871216072419A

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. ENGINE STARTED. WIND BUFFETED AIRCRAFT. PASSENGER UNABLE TO HOLD IT,RAN INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT

## 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 ATL88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA065), Dec 16, 1987: Grumman American AA-5 (N7151L), Elizabethtown, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7151L (1)

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

- [Accident 19751116037459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751116037459A), Nov 16, 1975: Grumav AA5 (N7151L), Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. Struck ditch adj to rwy.

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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