# Incident 19820418017209I: Grumav AA5A, Monroe, MI, April 18, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1982, 10:40 local time
- Place: Monroe, MI
- Airport: Custer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9399° N, 83.4347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSTER (TTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9399&lon=-83.4347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26889, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26889-2023-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-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 AA5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,055 total, 76 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418017209I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY. LANDED SHORT IN A PLOWED FIELD. FOUND LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER IN FUEL.

## Other reports on N26889 (2)

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

- [Accident 20210525010039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210525010039A), May 25, 2021: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A (N26889), Crossville, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. At 1139Z N26889 called tys approach while leaving kdkx and began flight following to kcsv. N26889 had his flight following terminated at 1153Z. At 1205Z N26889…
- [Incident 19790511026469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511026469I), May 11, 1979: Gulstm AA5 (N26889), Lambertville, MI. Aircraft bounced and attempted go around. Aborted due to trees and landed in field.

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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