# Accident 19760412008559A: Grumav AA5, Tampa, FL, April 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1976
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9558L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9558L-2013-05-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 196 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DLD51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLD51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760412008559A

## Narrative

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

PLT ADDED POWER TO FLY OVER DITCH STRUCK PARKED ACFT N4739F SUBSTANTIAL DMG.WIND GUSTING 25K.

## 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 MIA76DLD51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLD51), Apr 12, 1976: Grum Amer AA-5 (N9558L), Tampa, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9558L (2)

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

- [Incident 19921208054629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921208054629I), Dec 8, 1992: Gulstm AA5B (N9558L), Punta Gorda, FL. Pilot reported fuel problem en route. ATC gave flight assist to nearest airport.
- [Incident 19851025076539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025076539I), Oct 25, 1985: Gulstm AA5 (N9558L), Live Oak, FL, Minor damage. Misread windsock and landed downwind. Rolled off the runway end, came to a stop nose down in a rough field.

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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