# Accident 20250919017762A: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Plmouth, MA, September 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2025, 07:00 local time
- Place: Plmouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9106° N, 70.7338° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9106&lon=-70.7338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81317, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81317) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 1,083 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250919017762A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY AND BEGAN TO TAXI IN NORTHERLY DIRECTION FROM HANGAR ALONG UNNAMED TAXIWAY BETWEEN HANGAR 332 AND 324. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS TAXIING EASTBOUND ON UNNAMED TAXIWAY JUST SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL THAT RUNS EAST WEST JUST NORTH OF ROW OF HANGARS 356, 348, 340, AND 332. COLLISION APPROXIMATELY AT COORDINATES 41.910310, -70.734203.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2383X, Cessna 182H: [Accident 20250919018362A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250919018362A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA356), Sep 19, 2025: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (N81317), Plymouth, MA, minor damage. Probable cause: The low wing airplane pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout and his decision to activate the portable ADS-B receiver while taxiing, which resulted in a ground collision.

## Other reports on N81317 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840205002279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840205002279A), Feb 5, 1984: Gulstm AA5B (N81317), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost the prop enroute at night. Struck a palo verde tree on forced landing. A d on prop hug not accomplished.

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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