# Accident 19810221004699A: Grumav AA5A, League City, TX, February 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1981, 16:20 local time
- Place: League City, TX
- Airport: Houston Gulf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5083° N, 95.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Houston Gulf Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5083&lon=-95.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26262, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26262-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 0 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810221004699A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED WING ON CROSSWIND LANDING. WENT OFF RUNWAY, CRASHED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW81FRA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA18), Feb 21, 1981: Grum-Amer AA5A (N26262), League Cy, TX, substantial damage

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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