# Accident 19810919060129A: Grumav AA5B, Opelousas, LA, September 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9811U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9811U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,042 total, 60 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810919060129A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF PRIVATE STRIP ON LANDING ROLL. STOPPED IN A DITCH. RUNWAY HAS A HIGH CENTER CROWN.

## 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 FTW81DRD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD47), Sep 19, 1981: Grum Amer AA-5A (N9811U), Opelousas, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9811U (1)

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

- [Incident 19790910034959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790910034959I), Sep 10, 1979: Gulstm AA5A (N9811U), New Iberia, LA, Minor damage. Pilot landed at night on seaway 34 rather than adjacent runway 34. No injuries, floating aircraft was saved.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.