# Incident 19980507013019I: Gulstm AA5A, Payson, AZ, May 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1998, 19:18 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2568° N, 111.3393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAYSON (PAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2568&lon=-111.3393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26237, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26237) (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: 17,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980507013019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LANDED PAYSON AIRPORT APPROX. 7:15 PM, TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN FIRST 200' OF RUNWAY, SAW 6-10 ELK CROSS RUNWAY APPROX. 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT. BEGAN BRAKING HEAVY IN CASE OF ADDITIONAL ELK. ANOTHER ELK CROSSED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ACFT. PILOT BEGAN HEAVY BRAKING AND LOOKED TO SEE IF ELK CLEARED RIGHT WING. 2ND ELK STRUCK LEFT NOSE OF AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING, KILLING THE ELK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 2ND OCCURRENCE OF AIRCRAFT STRIKING ELK DURING LANDING AT PAYSON AIRPORT WITHIN LAST 18 MONTHS.

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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