# Accident 19801129072489A: Grumav AA5B, Torrance, CA, November 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1980, 15:45 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74494, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74494-1983-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 36 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801129072489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE LANDING TOO FAST & LOW & RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY & CRASHED INTO PARKED AIRPLANE.

## 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 LAX81FUA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA02), Nov 29, 1980: Grumman AA-5B (N74494), Torrance, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N74494 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780612032559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780612032559A), Jun 12, 1978: Gulstm AA5 (N74494), Angwin, CA, Substantial damage. Plt reported eng missing,running rough. Lndd adj to unlit rwy,hit sock.

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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