# Incident 19940313015929I: Gulstm AA1, Pine Bluff, AR, March 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1994, 19:15 local time
- Place: Pine Bluff, AR
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2284° N, 92.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Bluff, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2284&lon=-92.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5756L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940313015929I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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