# Incident 19900519029669I: Gulstm AA5A, Shirley, NY, May 19, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1990, 23:40 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333FV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333FV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 691 total, 17 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900519029669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT HIT UNKNOWN OBJECT ON TAKEOFF. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. PROP TIPS AND NOSE GEAR STRUT BENT.

## Other reports on N333FV (1)

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

- [Incident 19890329020349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890329020349I), Mar 29, 1989: Gulstm AA5A (N333FV), Montague, MA, Minor damage. Student landed hard and bounced. When aircraft was inspected found a bent propeller tip and broken nose strut.

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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