# Accident 19740529015499A: Grumav AA5, Louisville, KY, May 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1974
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5442L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5442L-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 30 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740529015499A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH N7146Q,SUBSTANTIAL DMG.

## 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 IAD74FLQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLQ35), May 29, 1974: Amer Avco AA-5 (N5442L), Louisville, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5442L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19821120059259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059259A), Nov 20, 1982: Gulstm AA5 (N5442L), Clinton, MD, Substantial damage. Hit trees

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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