N286181978 Grumman 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 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Mojave, CA
- Certificate issued
- Nov 2, 2017
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 3, 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-5B
- Year
- 1978
- Serial number
- AA5B0707
- 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
- A2E6E1
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser
- 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- 2017 – nowIndividual ownerMojave, CA · current
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 (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.
- Equipment and furnishings · bracket · failedMay 22, 1998
SUBJECT BRACKETS ATTACH PILOT'S SEAT BACK TO SEAT PAN. THESE BRACKETS ARE ALUMINUM AND WHEN BACK SEAT PASSENGER PULLS PILOT'S SEAT AFT (TO ASSIST GETTING OUT), THESE BRACKETS FLEX AND WILL FAIL. ALL BRACKETS ON THIS AIRCRAFT HAVE CRACKED OR TOTALLY FAILED. IF THESE BRACKETS FAIL, THE PILOT'S SEAT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Equipment and furnishings · bracket · failedJul 24, 1996
DURING GROUND RUN-UP, THE SEAT BRACKETS FAILED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY ALLOWING THE PILOT'S SEAT BACK TO FALL INTO THE REAR SEAT AREA. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE BENDING FATIGUE, A FLEXURE OF THESE ALUMINUM BRACKETS IS NOTED WHEN THE TOP OF THE SEAT IS PULLED AFT (PASSENGER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT). THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Equipment and furnishings · bracket · failedJul 24, 1996
DURING GROUND RUN-UP, THE SEAT BRACKETS FAILED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY ALLOWING THE PILOT'S SEAT BACK TO FALL INTO THE REAR SEAT AREA. FAILURE APPEARS TO BE BENDING FATIGUE, A FLEXURE OF THESE ALUMINUM BRACKETS IS NOTED WHEN THE TOP OF THE SEAT IS PULLED AFT (PASSENGER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT). THE…
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