# Incident 19931025049579I: Gulstm AA5B, Bridgeport, CT, October 25, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1993, 15:53 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N81072, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81072-2003-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931025049579I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. PROPELLERS STRUCK RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N81072 (2)

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

- [Accident 20020216001969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020216001969A), Feb 16, 2002: Amrgen AA5B (N81072), Burlington, CT, No damage. (.19) On February 16, 2002, at 1710 eastern standard time, a Grumman American AA-5B, N81072, was substantially damaged shortly after take-off from mountain…
- [Incident 19920602026579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920602026579I), Jun 2, 1992: Gulstm AA5B (N81072), Manahawkin, NJ. Engine roughness and loss of power en route. Emergency landing. Found low compression on NR2 cylinder.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.