# Accident 19941230043339A: Gulstm AA5A, San Luis Obispo, CA, December 30, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1994, 21:30 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2505° N, 120.6207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2505&lon=-120.6207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26443, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26443-1998-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,065 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941230043339A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN AT NIGHT. PILOT WAS AWARE OF CEILING AND MOUNTAIN OBSTACLE EN ROUTE.

## 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 LAX95FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA068), Dec 31, 1994: Grumman AA-5A (N26443), San Luis Obispo, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into an area of known marginal weather conditions during a night cross-country flight and the flight's subsequent inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological…

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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