# Incident 19960508014699I: Gulstm AA5A, Tucson, AZ, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 13:38 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26973, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26973) (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: GULSTM AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 280 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508014699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 8, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1338 MST, MR. JAMES H. LONG, JR., WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF GRUMMAN AA-5A, N26973, WHEN DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAYS ALPHA AND DELTA AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TUCSON, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIP. THE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO HOTTON AVIATION AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR INSPECTION AND OVERHAUL OF THE DAMAGED PROPELLER. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N26973 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140823015139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140823015139I), Aug 23, 2014: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A (N26973), Bowling Green, FL, Minor damage. On August 23, 2014 at approximately 15:30 EST, N26973, a Grumman AA-5A was flying at approximately 1000 feet when the engine began to loose power. The pilot…

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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