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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N7161L

N7161L is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5. The FAA cancelled the registration on December 18, 2000. The last status on file was "valid registration".

Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5 cancelled December 18, 2000

Serial number
AA5-0461
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 22, 1999
Last FAA action
May 22, 1999
Last owner
Ford William D (Co-owned)
Brush, CO
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N7161L

DEN00FA136Accident on July 18, 2000 at Moab, UT: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman American AA-5 · serial AA5-0461

The pilot in command exercising poor judgment and exceeding the aircraft's turning capability. Contributing factors were the pilots' attention being diverted, flying into a known blind canyon, high temperature, and high density altitude.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site