FAA incident report · Grumav AA-5A · Plant City, FL · December 15, 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Slow on climb out, cargo shifted rearward. Struck tree tops on climb was over gross weight and loose cargo.
SLOW ON CLIMB OUT, CARGO SHIFTED REARWARD. STRUCK TREE TOPS ON CLIMB WAS OVER GROSS WEIGHT AND LOOSE CARGO.