# Incident 20140823015139I: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A, Bowling Green, FL, August 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2014, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6378° N, 81.8248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6378&lon=-81.8248&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: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORP AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 491 total, 290 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/20140823015139I

## Narrative

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

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 AND SOLE OCCUPANT, LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A REMOTE FIELD.  THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 FLIGHT RULES.

## Other reports on N26973 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960508014699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508014699I), May 8, 1996: Gulstm AA5A (N26973), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. 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…

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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