Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5
N1342R is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Otis Orchards, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 4, 1975.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman American Avn. Corp.
- Model
- AA-5 · all AA-5s and related versions
- Serial number
- AA5-0742
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A08CBB (octal 50106273)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 24, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 24, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 4, 1975
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00261420
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gladden Thomas E
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 3217 N Campbell Rd
Otis Orchards, WA 99027-9607 - Co-owners
- Gladden Karen E
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N1342R, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Gladden Thomas E, a co-owned, certificate issued April 24, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 4, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5-0742 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1342R according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1342R: Accident on July 26, 2025 at West Glacier, MT: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA-5 · operated under 091
On July 26, 2025, about 0942 mountain daylight time, a Grumman AA-5, N1342R, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near West Glacier, Montana. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Multiple witnesses located at the remote airstrip reported that the airplane taxied to the approach end of runway 15 and started the takeoff roll. They also reported that there was not an engine run-up prior to takeoff. During this time there were two airplanes flying near the airstrip with the intention …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data