N28519Grumman American AA-5B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Sopwith Camel Flying Club LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Certificate issued
- Apr 11, 2019
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 25, 1977
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-5B
- Serial number
- AA5B0658
- 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
- A2E32B
Engine
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2019 – nowSopwith Camel Flying Club LLCSalt Lake City, UT · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 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 (3)
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.
- Flight controls · aileron · rivets looseOct 4, 1996
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH AILERONS TO HAVE CONTROL LOOSENESS INTERNALLY. REMOVED AILERON ASSYS AND FOUND BOTH TO HAVE LOOSE RIVETS AT TORQUE TUBE TO AILERON ATTACHMENT. SUSPECT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED HIGH WINDS FROM REAR WHILE PARKED. GUST LOCKS ON AILERONS PROPER, WOULD PREVENT THIS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · aileron · rivets looseOct 4, 1996
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH AILERONS TO HAVE CONTROL LOOSENESS INTERNALLY. REMOVED AILERON ASSYS AND FOUND BOTH TO HAVE LOOSE RIVETS AT TORQUE TUBE TO AILERON ATTACHMENT. SUSPECT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED HIGH WINDS FROM REAR WHILE PARKED. GUST LOCKS ON AILERONS PROPER, WOULD PREVENT THIS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · bracket · brokenOct 4, 1996
FLAP ACTUATOR TRANSMISSION SUPPORT MOUNT AFT ATTACH POINT TAB FOUND BROKEN OFF AND HAD BEEN FOR SOME TIME. FLAPS HAD EXCESSIVE UP AND DOWN FREE TRAVEL. SUSPECT EXPOSURE TO TAIL WINDS ON THE PARKING AREA.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026