# Incident 20130201001509I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Augusta, KS, February 1, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2013, 14:00 local time
- Place: Augusta, KS
- Airport: Augusta Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6698° N, 97.0780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA MUNI (3AU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6698&lon=-97.0780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81360, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81360) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 563 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130201001509I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 3AU HEADING SOUTH TO RVS AND CLIMBED TO 3000 FT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND STOPPED. THE PILOT PERFORMED A 180° TURN BACK TO 3AU, LANDED DOWNWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 100 KNOTS AND 300 FT. AT THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N81360 (1)

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

- [Incident 19801111079449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801111079449I), Nov 11, 1980: Gulstm AA5B (N81360), Lagrange, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off runway and struck fence with wingtip.

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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