# Incident 19980127006329I: Gulstm AA5, Akron, OH, January 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1998, 14:20 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton Regional
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74869, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74869) (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 AA5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980127006329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEVIATION OF 1/28/98 @ CAK. SPOKE WITH MR. GENE MCKENNA, HE STATED THAT HE WAS ACTING AS PIC OF GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-S-N74869 ON 1/28/98 @ 1420 EST. HE AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, MR. JEFF KOSTICH, A PRIVATE PILOT WHOSE MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED, WERE TO FLY MR. KOSTICH'S AIRPLANE TO WADSWORTH, OHIO FOR MAINTENANCE TO BE PERFORMED. MR. MCKENNA WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD NEVER FLOWN IT OR ANY GRUMMAN AA-S AIRCRAFT. AS PER THE ATC TAPE FROM AKRON-CANTON TOWER, THE LAST REPLY GIVEN BY HIM TO THE GROUND CONTROLLER WAS "04", THE LAST 2 DIGITS OF THE ALTIMETER SETTING 30.04 HE WAS GIVEN BY THE CONTROLLER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TAXI CLEARANCE HE RECEIVED. HE THOUGHT HE HAD RECEIVED A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND AN INITIAL HEADING OF 230 DEGREES BUT ACCORDING TO THE TAPE, HAD NOT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED WITHOUT A CLEARANCE. HE STATED THAT HE DID "KNOW BETTER" BUT THOUGHT HE HAD RECEIVED CLEARANCE. HE IS FORWARDING COPIES OF NOTES HE TOOK FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT SO THEY MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD.

## Other reports on N74869 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790303010719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790303010719I), Mar 3, 1979: Gulstm AA5B (N74869), Fort Payne, AL, Minor damage. Pilot elected to land due to weather. Lost braking action after going through water and ran off runway end.

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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