# Accident 19930606017029A: Gulstm AA5, Denver, CO, June 6, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1993, 09:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7490° N, 104.5999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7490&lon=-104.5999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7129L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7129L-2013-05-03) (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 AA5
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 803 total, 41 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930606017029A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON IFR CLIMBOUT. BROKE OUT IN SPIRAL DIVE. WAS ABLE TO LEVEL PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 DEN93LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA067), Jun 6, 1993: Grumman American AA-5 (N7129L), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WHICH PREVENTED THE PILOT FROM MAINTAINING CONTROL. A FACTOR WAS: LOW CEILING.

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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