# Incident 19880705032019I: Gulstm AA5, Mount Joy/Marie, PA, July 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1988, 19:15 local time
- Place: Mount Joy/Marie, PA
- Airport: Donegal Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1106° N, 76.5057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Joy, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1106&lon=-76.5057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6552L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6552L-2018-03-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880705032019I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BOUNCED ON LANDING THEN CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH THEN COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N6552L (1)

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

- [Accident 20150614009969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150614009969A), Jun 14, 2015: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 (N6552L), Fredericksburg, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed the active runway, climbed to 100' and lost power. After the loss of power the aircraft stalled and spun causing the aircraft to contact the…

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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