# Incident 19961102038209I: Gulstm AA5A, West Milford, NJ, November 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26142, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26142) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 37 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961102038209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE-OFF, PILOT OF GRUMMAN CHEETAH NOTICED DECAYING AIRSPEED AT FIFTY FEET ABOVE RUNWAY. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AT WHICH TIME NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND DAMAGED PROPELLER. FOLLOWING INTERVIEW OF PILOT AND WITNESSES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIND SHEAR RELATED INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N26142 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950830032199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950830032199I), Aug 30, 1995: Gulstm AA5A (N26142), Marlboro, MA, Minor damage. During landing rollout. Nose gear collapsed.

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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