# Incident 19801018089499I: Grumav AA5, California City, CA, October 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1258° N, 117.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of California City, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1258&lon=-117.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26770, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26770) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5a) (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: 342 total, 57 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/19801018089499I

## Narrative

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

ZA PILOT PRACTICING EMERGENCY LANDING, HIT A BUSH AND THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N26770 (1)

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

- [Incident 20230726009309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230726009309I), Jul 26, 2023: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A (N26770), Brandy Station, VA, Minor damage. During touch down rollout at cjr aircraft stuck a deer. Minor damage to aircraft.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.