# Incident 19921208054629I: Gulstm AA5B, Punta Gorda, FL, December 8, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1992, 20:55 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9558L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9558L-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 8 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921208054629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED FUEL PROBLEM EN ROUTE. ATC GAVE FLIGHT ASSIST TO NEAREST AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N9558L (2)

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

- [Incident 19851025076539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025076539I), Oct 25, 1985: Gulstm AA5 (N9558L), Live Oak, FL, Minor damage. Misread windsock and landed downwind. Rolled off the runway end, came to a stop nose down in a rough field.
- [Accident 19760412008559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760412008559A), Apr 12, 1976: Grumav AA5 (N9558L), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Plt added power to fly over ditch struck parked acft N4739F substantial dmg. Wind gusting 25K.

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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