# N26443: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, registration cancelled 1998-05-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 7, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A16EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A16EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: AA5A0593
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 11, 1983
- Last registry action: November 20, 1996
- Mode S code: A290D9
- Owner when cancelled: [Garey Wilson S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GAREY%20WILSON%20S)
- Location: [Visa Lia, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Visa%20Lia)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 36.3662° N, 119.2116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93292, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26443
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=26443
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26443-1998-05-07

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Grumman American Avn. AA-5A: https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95FA068), Dec 31, 1994: Grumman AA-5A (N26443), San Luis Obispo, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into an area of known marginal weather conditions during a night cross-country flight and the flight's subsequent inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19941230043339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941230043339A), Dec 30, 1994: Gulstm AA5A (N26443), San Luis Obispo, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain at night. Pilot was aware of ceiling and mountain obstacle en route.

## Other aircraft with N26443

- [Cancelled 1954-07-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26443-1954-07-09): Stinson 10, S/N 7638, built 1940. Exported to Mexico. Owner: [Heppner Irvin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HEPPNER%20IRVIN), [Winton, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Winton)

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