# Incident 19951011038919I: Gulstm AA5B, Phoenix, AZ, October 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1995, 13:15 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81218 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951011038919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 MST, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A GRUMMAN AA-5B TIGER IDENTIFIED AS N81218 DEPARTED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AND DROPPED ITS NOSE WHEEL ON THE FIELD. THE PILOT, BRUCE FIRSTON WHO ALSO OWNS THE AIRCRAFT, RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO EITHER HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGERS AFTER INSPECTION. LYLE ALEXANDER AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WITH THIS OFFICE, DETERMINED THE COTTER PIN SECURING THE NUT TO THE NOSE GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 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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