# Accident 19810712043769A: Grumav AA5B, Crested Butte, CO, July 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1981, 10:25 local time
- Place: Crested Butte, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8678° N, 106.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crested Butte, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8678&lon=-106.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4539Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4539Q-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810712043769A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED TREES NEAR CLOUD-OBSCURED MOUNTAIN-TOP. WAS NEAR GROSS WEIGHT AND SERVICE CEILING. AFT CG. BELOW MOCA.

## 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 DEN81FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA049), Jul 12, 1981: Gulf-Amer AA-5B (N4539Q), Crested Butte, CO, 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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