# Incident 19950121001969I: Gulstm AA5B, Grand Rapids, MN, January 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1995, 10:15 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MN
- Airport: Grand Rapids-Itasca County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2385° N, 93.5326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2385&lon=-93.5326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81286, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81286) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950121001969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT TAXIED OUT TO DO SOME LOCAL FLYING. GRUMMAN TIGER USES BRAKES FOR STEERING AND HAD WHEEL PANTS. LIGHT LAYER OF SNOW ON TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. PILOT TOOK OFF WITH DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NORMAL. AFTER FLYING AROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, HE RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR TOUCH AND GOS. ON LANDING AIRPLANE SEEMED UNDER CONTROL AND THEN BEGAN A GRADUAL TURN TO THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE WERE UNABLE TO CHECK THE TURN ON HARD PACK OF ICE AND SNOW. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED IN A SHALLOW SNOW BANK. RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE APPARENTLY FROZE UP AFTER SNOW IN WHEEL WELL MELTED FROM HEAT DEVELOPED DURING TAXI OUT FOR TAKEOFF. ON LANDING WHEEL WAS FROZEN BUT RUDDER WAS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD ALIGNMENT WITH RUNWAY DUE TO HARD PACK OF ICE AND SNOW AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST WITH SKIDDING RIGHT WHEEL.

## Other reports on N81286 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900815033209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900815033209A), Aug 15, 1990: Gulstm AA5B (N81286), Stow, MA, Substantial damage. Landed on last half of runway. Unable to stop,ran off end into muddy soil.

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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