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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumav AA5B · Provo, UT · July 11, 1981

Date
July 11, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Provo, UT
Airport
Provo
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N28776
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTM34
Reported as
Grumav AA5B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
690 total385 in this make and model87 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.

Pilot made erratic landing on taxiway. Aircraft ground-looped and ended up off taxiway. Blood alcohol .23 percent.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE ERRATIC LANDING ON TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED AND ENDED UP OFF TAXIWAY. BLOOD ALCOHOL .23 PERCENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.