# Accident 19810628036479A: Grumav AA5A, Mccordsville, IN, June 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1981, 10:50 local time
- Place: Mccordsville, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Broo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8951° N, 85.9069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCordsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8951&lon=-85.9069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26774 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA068-201161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810628036479A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED CLIMBING OUT AFTER TAKEOFF AT VERY STEEP ANGLE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED ONE HALF MILE FROM AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI81FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA068-201161), Jun 28, 1981: Grum Amer AA-5A (N26774), Mccordsville, IN, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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