# Incident 19810815063519I: Grumav AA5B, Port Aransas, TX, August 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8118° N, 97.0888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSTANG BEACH (RAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8118&lon=-97.0888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4518N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4518N-1992-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 68 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815063519I

## Narrative

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

CROSSWIND LANDING AND OVERSHOOT. SHEARED NOSE STRUT.

## Other reports on N4518N (2)

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

- [Accident 19880926044929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880926044929A), Sep 26, 1988: Gulstm AA5B (N4518N), Roscoe, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot believed unable to take off due to partial power loss. Aborted and hit dirt bank at runway end. No defects.
- [Incident 19820417017839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417017839I), Apr 17, 1982: Grumav AA5B (N4518N), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Landed 20 feet short of runway on left main gear. Rolled 100 feet in grass before regaining control.

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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