# NTSB FTW80FRG49: Grum Amer AA-5A, N9726U, Temple, TX, June 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1980
- Place: Temple, TX · TEMPLE, TX
- Location: 31.0982° N, 97.3428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0982&lon=-97.3428&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130875
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW80FRG49
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG49

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1291  80/6/19  NR.TEMPLE,TX          GRUM AMER AA-5A     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 203
        TIME - 2300                    N9726U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DRAUGHON-MILLER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WACO, TX                   TEMPLE,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9726U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUM AMER AA-5A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Draughon-Miller

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800619021989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800619021989A), Jun 19, 1980: Gulstm AA5A, Temple, TX, Substantial damage. Student practicing at night, landed downwind and went off end of runway.

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.

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