# Accident 19750519016849A: Grumav AA5, Minford, OH, May 19, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1975
- Place: Minford, OH
- Airport: G Portsmouth Reg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.8615° N, 82.8489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minford, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8615&lon=-82.8489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9556L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 176 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750519016849A

## Narrative

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

DARK NIGHT,DENSE GND FOG.CIRCLED ARPT SEVERAL TIMES,CRASHED 1MI FROM ARPT.

## 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 CHI75AC089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC089), May 19, 1975: Grum Amer AA-5 (N9556L), Minford, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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