Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A
N9939U 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 Defuniak Springs, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 12, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 26, 1977. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman American Avn. Corp.
- Model
- AA-5A · all AA-5As and related versions
- Serial number
- AA5A0339
- 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
- ADE16E (octal 53360556)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 12, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · March 26, 1977
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00533420
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Glover Joseph
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 133 Happy Ln
Defuniak Springs, FL 32433-0511
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Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N9939U, 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 Glover Joseph, an individual, certificate issued January 12, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 26, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AA5A0339 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9939U according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 16, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N9939U: Accident on February 23, 2026 at Admire, KS: no 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 AA5 · operated under 091
On February 23, 2026, about 0958 central standard time, a Grumman AA-5A airplane, N9939U, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Admire, Kansas. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The airplane was equipped with long-range fuel tanks and the pilot stated that on the day of the accident, he fully fueled the airplane and departed from the Ellington Airport (LUG), Lewisburg, Tennessee. Based on ADS-B data and pilot recollection, the airplane departed L…
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