# Accident 19810801046709A: Grumav AA5B, Baxley, GA, August 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Baxley, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7648° N, 82.3493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baxley, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7648&lon=-82.3493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28401, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28401-1990-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801046709A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR LANDING STRIP DURING APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 ATL81FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA105), Aug 1, 1981: Grum Amer AA-5B (N28401), Baxley, GA, destroyed, 1 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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