# Incident 20161124020759I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Pearland, TX, November 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2016, 13:06 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5636° N, 95.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5636&lon=-95.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26247, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-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: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161124020759I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 24, 2016, AT 1306 CST, AN AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N26247. THE AIRPLANE IS LEASED TO COASTAL SKIES AERO CLUB. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED KLVJ AIRPORT FOR A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT OF THE HOUSTON AREA WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND RETURNED TO KLVJ. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED VFR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KLVJ TO KLVJ ON 11/24/2016.

## Other reports on N26247 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870702052349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870702052349I), Jul 2, 1987: Gulstm AA5A (N26247), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft touched down short of runway during a practice short field landing. Damage to nose gear and cowling.

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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