# Accident 19910502013999A: Gulstm AA1B, Douglas, WY, May 2, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1991, 14:30 local time
- Place: Douglas, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7548° N, 105.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Douglas, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7548&lon=-105.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1412R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1412R-2013-04-30) (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 O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA91LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910502013999A

## Narrative

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

FLEW LOW AND SLOW IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN NOSE HIGH. STALLED. HIT TREES. CFI WAS AT CONTROLS. AA1B HIGH STALLING SPEED.

## 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 SEA91LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA097), May 2, 1991: Grumman AA-1B (N1412R), Douglas, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: AN INADVERTENT STALL WITH INADEQUATE TERRAIN CLEARANCE. FACTORS INCLUDE FLIGHT IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT AN ALTITUDE WHERE REMEDIAL ACTION 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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