# Accident 19901016046309A: Gulstm AA1B, Wildwood, NJ, October 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1990, 13:15 local time
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Airport: Cape May County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0084° N, 74.9085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE MAY COUNTY (WWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0084&lon=-74.9085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9575L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9575L-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901016046309A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON LANDING. FORCED NOSE DOWN. PORPOISED. LEFT THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 NYC91LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA012), Oct 16, 1990: Grumman American AA-1B (N9575L), Wildwood, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N9575L (1)

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

- [Incident 19860527043882I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860527043882I), May 27, 1986: Gulstm AA1B (N9575L), Mount Holly, NJ, Minor damage. Propeller struck vertical fin of N2416Q while both were on final. Safe landing after go around. Fault not known.

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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