# Accident 19730929040629A: Grumav AA5, Taylorsville, NC, September 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1973
- Place: Taylorsville, NC
- Airport: Taylorsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 35.9308° N, 81.1967° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLORSVILLE (NC2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9308&lon=-81.1967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6023L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6023L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,783 total, 209 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730929040629A

## Narrative

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

LNDD IN COW PASTURE HIT GND HARD NOSE GR SHEARED OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 IAD74DKM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM20), Sep 29, 1973: Amer Avco AA-5 (N6023L), Taylorsville, NC, destroyed

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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