# Accident 19900729028849A: Gulstm AA1B, Springfield, NJ, July 29, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1990, 15:25 local time
- Place: Springfield, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7061° N, 74.3130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7061&lon=-74.3130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1429R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1429R-1999-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900729028849A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE STALLED AND CRASHED INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC90FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA179), Jul 29, 1990: Grumman AA-1B (N1429R), Springfield, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE AT AN ALTITUDE FROM WHICH RECOVERY WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

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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