# Accident 19810703038389A: Grumav AA5A, Waveland, IN, July 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Waveland, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8776° N, 87.0455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waveland, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8776&lon=-87.0455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26657, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26657-2004-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 5 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEX23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEX23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810703038389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED LONG AND COLLIDED WITH FENCE OFF END OF 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 CHI81FEX23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEX23), Jul 3, 1981: Grum-Amer AA-5A (N26657), Waveland, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N26657 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820919063079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820919063079I), Sep 19, 1982: Gulstm AA5A (N26657), Hobart, IN, Minor damage. Aircraft received a gunshot hole in bottom of fuselage while in traffic pattern for landing.
- [Incident 19820808053669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820808053669I), Aug 8, 1982: Gulstm AA5 (N26657), Lafayette, IN. Ran out of fuel after many changes in en route routing. One fuel gauge registered 1/4 full on empty tank.

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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