# Incident 20170608008129I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Naples, FL, June 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2017, 12:28 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81158, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81158) (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 O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 24 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170608008129I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N81158 DEPARTED FROM NAPLES AIRPORT (KAPF). AFTER DEPARTURE AIRCRAFT STARTED EXPERIENCING ENGINE RPM FLUCTUATIONS. PILOT IN COMMAND CONTACTED NAPLES AIRPORT TOWER AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT IN COMMAND COULDN'T MAINTAIN FLIGHT DUE TO LOW ENGINE RPM AND OPTED TO LAND AT A GOLF COURSE JUST BEFORE THE NAPLES AIRPORT WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N81158 (1)

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

- [Incident 20091213053509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091213053509I), Dec 13, 2009: Grumman Ame AA-5B (N81158), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. During aircraft preflight jumpstart the aircraft and allowed the aircraft to move on its own power crashing into an adjacent hangar.

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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