# Incident 19961112040599I: Gulstm AA1B, Blairstown, NJ, November 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1996, 14:50 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Airport: Blairstown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9711° N, 74.9975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLAIRSTOWN (1N7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9711&lon=-74.9975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9971L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9971L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 60 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961112040599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING AT BLAIRSTOWN AIRPORT, BLAIRSTOWN, NJ (1N7) THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED HARD AND THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WE CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9971L (1)

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

- [Accident 19741114037589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741114037589A), Nov 14, 1974: Grumav AA1B (N9971L), Norton, KS, Substantial damage. Nose gr failed in goose neck area abv wheel.

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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