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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumav AA5B · Bermuda Dunes, CA · May 10, 1981

Date
May 10, 1981 · 17:15 local
Place
Bermuda Dunes, CA
Airport
Bermuda Dunes
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28221
Reported as
Grumav AA5B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total58 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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.

The engine cut out several times on takeoff. The pilot aborted takeoff. The aircraft landed hard.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE CUT OUT SEVERAL TIMES ON TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD.