# Incident 19790916023399I: Grumav AA5B, Blue Mound, TX, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Blue Mound, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8543° N, 97.3384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Mound, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8543&lon=-97.3384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28578, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28578-2016-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023399I

## Narrative

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

NOSE FIRST LANDING, PILOT LOST CONTROL. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR, COWL AND PROP.

## Other reports on N28578 (2)

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

- [Accident 20140121000659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140121000659A), Jan 21, 2014: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B (N28578), Willow Park, TX, Substantial damage. On January 21, 2014, at approximately 1520 central daylight time, a Grumman AA-5B tiger, N25878, departed bourland field in cresson Texas and proceeded north…
- [Incident 19800108014369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800108014369I), Jan 8, 1980: Gulstm AA5B (N28578), North Richland, TX. Pilot jump-started plane using automobile. Wife on ground. Backed into propeller.

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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