N264111978 Grumman American AA-5A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Cheetah LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Burlington, IA
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2000
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 22, 1978
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Grumman American
- Model
- AA-5A
- Year
- 1978
- Serial number
- AA5A0571
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A2906E
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-320 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2000 – nowCheetah LLCBurlington, IA · current
- 1945 – 1948Lexington Flying Service INCLexington, KY · different airframe: 1940 Stinson 10 S/N 7605
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine fuel and control · carburetor · separatedOct 23, 2001
OPERATOR REPORTED ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN WELL AT LOW SPEEDS. FOUND CARBURETOR BODY TO BOWL LOOSE. LOCK TABS ARE WERE IN LOCKED POSITIONS. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE ON THIS AIRCRAFT IN APPROXIMATELY 200 HRS OF FLYING. THE BOWL THREADS APPEARED TO BE EXCESSIVELY WORN. A SERVICEABLE BOWL WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · screw · looseDec 17, 1999
AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD NEARLY 'DIE' ON ROLL-OUT. FOUND CARBURETOR THROTTLE BODY TO BOWL SCREW LOOSE. REMOVED FROM ENGINE. INSPECTED FOR FURTHER DAMAGE, GASKET AND LOCKING TAB WASHERS REPLACED. ADJUSTMENTS CHECKED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. CAUSE: POSSIBLE GASKET…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026