Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A
N26071 is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Southlake, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 23, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman American Avn. Corp.
- Model
- AA-5A · all AA-5As and related versions
- Serial number
- AA5A0413
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A28264 (octal 50501144)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 2023
- Expires
- September 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 23, 1977
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00153182
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Byrd Blake L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 903 Westminster Way
Southlake, TX 76092-8901
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N26071, 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 Byrd Blake L, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 23, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5A0413 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N26071 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J5A (serial 5-2, cancelled October 7, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N26071: Accident on February 18, 2025 at Gladewater, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American Avn. CORP. AA-5A · operated under 091
On February 17, 2025, about 2215 central standard time, a Grumman AA-5A airplane, N26071, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Gladewater, Texas. The pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane engine lost partial power about 450 to 500 ft above ground level during the initial takeoff climb. The pilot immediately made a left turn back towards the airport and conducted a slow but controlled descent with the remining engine power. He chose to continu…
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