# Incident 19980717027369I: Gulstm AA5B, Bend, OR, July 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1998, 16:18 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Sunriver Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4539S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4539S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC VO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 520 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717027369I

## Narrative

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

GRUMMAN AA5, PLEASURE FLYING, AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT SUNRIVER AIRPORT (S21). WIND CONDITIONS VARIED. PILOT ATTEMPTED  A GO AROUND AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS PORPOISING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND HARD AND PROP HIT PAVEMENT. PILOT FLEW AROUND ARIPORT ONCE MORE AND LANDED AIRCRAFT SAFELY.

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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