# Accident 19760523015359A: Grumav AA5, Boulder, CO, May 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1976
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.0244° N, 105.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0244&lon=-105.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5475L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5475L-1976-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523015359A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE.

## 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 DEN76AD051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD051), May 23, 1976: Grum Amer AA-5 (N5475L), Boulder, CO, destroyed, 1 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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