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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA1 · Pine Bluff, AR · March 13, 1994

Date: March 13, 1994 · 19:15 local
Place: Pine Bluff, AR
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5756L
Reported as: Gulstm AA1
Reported engine: Lycoming O235*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: history of flight: on March 13, 1994, at 1915 CST, a Grumman, AA-1, N5756L, registered to paul f. hamer, operated by george t. babcock, accomplished an emergency landing on a paved us highway during a CFR 91 pleasure flight. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. There was no damage to the aircraft and the private pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated at destin, Florida, on March 13, 1994, at 1500 CST. Damage to aircraft: none test and research: disassembly and inspection of the carburetor revealed a small piece of trash partially blocking the entrance port to the primary fuel jet at the lower rear of the carburetor bowl. Operation of the engine, after removing the trash and reinstalling the carburetor, was normal. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON MARCH 13, 1994, AT 1915 CST, A GRUMMAN, AA-1, N5756L, REGISTERED TO PAUL F. HAMER, OPERATED BY GEORGE T. BABCOCK, ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A PAVED US HIGHWAY DURING A CFR 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DESTIN, FLORIDA, ON MARCH 13, 1994, AT 1500 CST. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: NONE TEST AND RESEARCH: DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION OF THE CARBURETOR REVEALED A SMALL PIECE OF TRASH PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE PORT TO THE PRIMARY FUEL JET AT THE LOWER REAR OF THE CARBURETOR BOWL. OPERATION OF THE ENGINE, AFTER REMOVING THE TRASH AND REINSTALLING THE CARBURETOR, WAS NORMAL. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.