# Incident 20100408032829I: Grumman Ame AA-5, Oxnard, CA, April 8, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2010, 09:13 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Oxnard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2008° N, 119.2072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OXNARD (OXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2008&lon=-119.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7167L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7167L-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AME AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100408032829I

## Narrative

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

TOW-BAR LEFT ON NOSE WHEEL. PROPELLER (MCCAULEY 1C172/SBTM7357, SERIAL NO. E17502) STRUCK TOW-BAR DURING TAKEOFF, SEVERELY DAMAGING PROPELLER.

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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