# Incident 19981226043079I: Gulstm AA1C, Lancaster, PA, December 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1998, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9666U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9666U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA1C
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981226043079I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 13, LANCASTER AIRPORT. ON SECOND TAKE OFF, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO LEFT WING TANK FUEL EXHAUSTION. RIGHT TANK HAD FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL.

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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