NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, 1985

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Grumman American Avn. AA-5. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, 1985 per year, 1973–2026: 149 cases
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  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1985
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  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB MIA86IA018Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5 · Live Oak, FLThe acft made a downwind landing touching down long on the rwy. The acft could not be stopped & ran off the end of the rwy. The plt stated that he misread the windsock.Oct 25, 1985 · N9558L · Minor damageNTSB ATL86FA002Accident · 4 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5 · Hurricane, WVN9629U crashed in a wooded area near Hurricane, west Virginia while conducting a visual flight from millwood, WV to grundy, Virginia. The pilot and aircraft were certificated in accordance with current FARS. The pilot received a weather briefing for the…Oct 3, 1985 · N9629U · DestroyedNTSB NYC85LA214Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5 · Montgomery, NYThe plt reported that the flt was uneventful until he was in a descent about 12 mi from the destination arpt. He said that a large bird suddenly appeared in front of the acft & collided with the right wing. The bird strike put a large hole in the right wing…Aug 16, 1985 · N5405L · Substantial damageNTSB MIA85LA173Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5 · High Springs, FLThe plt stated that he made a normal takeoff with 2200 RPM, but shortly after rotation, the RPM started to decrease & the acft lost altitude & landed in the top of a large oak tree. An investigation revealed that the carburetor inlet finger screen had a 75%…May 17, 1985 · N9541L · Substantial damageNTSB MIA85FA106Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportGrumman American AA-5 · Horseshoe Beach, FLThe acft crashed in the gulf of Mexico while the plt was on a night x-country flt. The wx at the destination had been forcast to be IFR. However, in the area of the accident, witnesses stated the wx was good with no fog & it was a dark night. When the acft…Feb 28, 1985 · N9228L · Destroyed