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Grumman American AVN. AA-5B: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Grumman American AVN. AA-5B — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

642currently registered

49average age (years)

1977median model year

4seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

51.4NTSB events per 1,000 registered

33NTSB events (1982–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where Grumman American AVN. AA-5B aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Grumman American AVN. AA-5B aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
California	81
Texas	72
Florida	64
Georgia	23
Virginia	19
Tennessee	17

Grumman American AVN. AA-5B airframes with a public accident record

These Grumman American AVN. AA-5B aircraft are currently registered and carry at least one NTSB accident or incident record. Marked entries have a record filed under a different tail number — found by manufacturer serial number, which a search on the current N-number alone cannot surface.

N288CF 1978 · 1 record prior tail number
N83RQ 1978 · 1 record prior tail number
N865PD 1977 · 1 record prior tail number
N89YT 1978 · 1 record prior tail number
N28565 1977 · 2 records
N4546J 1979 · 2 records
N81317 · 2 records
N1531R 1975 · 1 record
N74349 1975 · 1 record
N11LT 1977 · 1 record

Other Grumman American AVN. models

AA-5A · 385 registered
AA-5 · 258 registered
AA-1B · 231 registered
AA-1C · 102 registered
GA-7 · 43 registered

Was this Grumman American AVN. AA-5B ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Grumman American AVN. AA-5B that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.

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This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24