# Incident 19930103002739I: Gulstm AA5A, Bridgeport, CT, January 3, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1993, 12:48 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26784, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26784) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930103002739I

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING FLAP WOULD NOT RETRACT ON INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. LANDED AT BRIDGEPORT SAFELY.LEFT WING FLAP CONTROL FAULTY

## Other reports on N26784 (4)

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

- [Accident 20050721017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050721017339A), Jul 21, 2005: Amrgen AA5A (N26784), Schroon Lake, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 21, 2005 at 0930 a gruman AA5A piloted by the pilot [privacy data omitted] landed long at Schroon Lake, NY (4B7). The pilot [privacy data…
- [Accident 19860901043319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901043319A), Sep 1, 1986: Gulstm AA5A (N26784), Sanford, ME, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck wires during a forced landing due to engine failure. Cause of power loss is undetermined.
- [Accident 19810716042349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810716042349A), Jul 16, 1981: Grumav AA5A (N26784), Juneau, WI, Substantial damage. Student allowed wing-tip to strike ground on a go-around from a bad landing.
- [Incident 19800910070039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800910070039I), Sep 10, 1980: Gulstm AA5A (N26784), Juneau, WI, Minor damage. Pilot overshot short runway, landed one third down runway, down slope, loose gravel on runway.

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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