# Accident 19760721020209A: Grumav AA5, Kilgore, TX, July 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1976
- Place: Kilgore, TX
- Airport: Kilgore
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.4127° N, 94.8183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KILGORE (4TX6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4127&lon=-94.8183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1395R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1395R) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 6 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DRJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760721020209A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76DRJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRJ33), Jul 21, 1976: Grum Amer AA-5 (N1395R), Kilgore, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1395R (2)

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

- [Incident 20041028028999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041028028999I), Oct 28, 2004: Amrgen AA5 (N1395R), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. (-23) While landing on runway 36 at Ocala airport, the aircraft's nose wheel struck the runway surface with sufficient force to cause the nose landing gear…
- [Accident 19790310004489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790310004489A), Mar 10, 1979: Gulstm AA5 (N1395R), Oxford, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot made take off on road drifted off center line on climb out. Wing struck mailbox.

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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