FAA incident report · Grumav AA5B · Lake Charles, LA · September 16, 1981
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.
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Pilot struck pipe 15 ft above ground on takeoff from farm strip. Continued flight. Landed safely damaged wing tip.
PILOT STRUCK PIPE 15 FT ABOVE GROUND ON TAKEOFF FROM FARM STRIP. CONTINUED FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY DAMAGED WING TIP.