# Incident 19910922048609I: Gulstm AA5B, East Haddam, CT, September 22, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1991, 13:50 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4457° N, 72.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODSPEED (42B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4540L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4540L-2022-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922048609I

## Narrative

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

ON A DOWNWIND LANDING THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF END OF RUNWAY. STRUCK A POST. GEAR BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N4540L (1)

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

- [Accident 20081101853189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081101853189A), Nov 1, 2008: Amrgen AA5B (N4540L), Bridgeport, CT, Substantial damage. During landing on runway 6 at kbdr, the aircraft drifted left after touchdown and struck the runway abatement sign. It came to rest in the tall weeds between…

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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