# Incident 19810325048649I: Grumav AA5A, Marlborough, MA, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 10:10 local time
- Place: Marlborough, MA
- Airport: Marlborough
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3496° N, 71.5472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlborough, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3496&lon=-71.5472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26445 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 61 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325048649I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO FLARE ON LANDING, BOUNCED, NOSEWHEEL SEPERATED ON SUBSEQUENT RUNWAY CONTACT.

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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