# Accident 19810708043789A: Grumav AA5B, Stow, MA, July 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minuteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4370° N, 71.5056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stow, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4370&lon=-71.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45152, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45152-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 4 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810708043789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND COULD NOT STOP AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 NYC81FNA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNA21), Jul 8, 1981: Gulf Amer AA-5B (N45152), Stow, MA, 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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