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Incident

FAA incident report · Grumav AA-5A · Neward, DE · February 19, 1981

Date: February 19, 1981 · 17:45 local
Place: Neward, DE
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9770U
Reported as: Grumav AA5A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total133 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9770URegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AS/N AA5A-0170 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to locate aiport, made precautionary landing in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO LOCATE AIPORT, MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD.