# Accident 19800705025309A: Gulstm AA5B, Americus, GA, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Americus, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0742° N, 84.2226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Americus, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0742&lon=-84.2226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28862, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28862-2009-03-30) (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: GULSTM AA5B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 5 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705025309A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF FROM FARM FIELD. WENT THROUGH TALL CORN ON LIFTOFF. LANDED OKAY IN ADJACENT FIELD.

## 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 ATL80DKG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKG09), Jul 5, 1980: Grum Amer AA5-B (N28862), Americus, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N28862 (1)

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

- [Accident 20090105012609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090105012609A), Jan 5, 2009: Amrgen AA5B (N28862), Kosciuko Count, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot reported that during his bi-annual flight review he and his CFI were on a northern heading off wolf lake VOR, level at 3500 ft. they heard a loud…

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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