# Accident 19970119000669A: Amrgen AA5B, Salisbury, NC, January 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1997, 16:30 local time
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Airport: Rowan County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6605° N, 80.4798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6605&lon=-80.4798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81307, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81307-1998-08-31) (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: AMRGEN AA5B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970119000669A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WAS TAXIING WHEN A BRAKE CAUGHT FIRE. (-23) AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY WHEN BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE.  FIRE SPREAD TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINFRAME AND DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA97LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA067), Jan 19, 1997: Grumman American AA-5B (N81307), Salisbury, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: continued operation of the aircraft by the flight instructor (CFI) and student after identifying a brake problem, which resulted in a fire that erupted from the brake system and subsequently…

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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