N5051979 Grumman American AA-5B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Tucson, AZ
- Certificate issued
- Oct 18, 2021
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 27, 1979
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
- 1979
- Serial number
- AA5B1275
- 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
- A64C82
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- 2021 – nowIndividual ownerTucson, AZ · current
- 1957 – 1965Cape & Islands Flight Service INCHyannis, MA · different airframe: Lockheed 12a S/N 1216
- 1953 – 1957Cape & Islands Flight Service INCHyannis, MA · different airframe: Cessna T-50 S/N 5068
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- 1929 – 1938Individual ownerChalfont, PA · different airframe: Felix Charles R Felix A S/N 1
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 (1)
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.
- Reciprocating engine · connecting rod · brokenDec 21, 2016
THE ENGINE WAS ORIGINAL 1979. IT SUFFERED A PROPELLER STRIKE/SUDDEN STOPPAGE EVENT IN JANUARY 1996. THE CRANKSHAFT WAS BENT BEYOND LIMITS. THE CRANKSHAFT AND CASE WERE REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE PARTS GROUND .006 OVER. ON 12/21/16, THE ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT AN…
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