# N6288L: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B, registration cancelled 2000-05-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 11, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Grumman American Avn. AA-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (registry code 3960103)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A11EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A11EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: AA1B-0088
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: December 7, 1988
- Last registry action: November 19, 1997
- Mode S code: A83770
- Owner when cancelled: [Crater John F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CRATER%20JOHN%20F)
- Location: [Colorado Springs, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Colorado%20Springs)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 38.7526° N, 104.8782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80906, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6288L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6288L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6288L-2000-05-11

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Grumman American Avn. AA-1B: https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98FA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA394), Sep 12, 1998: Grumman American AA-1B (N6288L), Yoder, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control due to not maintaining adequate airspeed and the subsequent inadvertent stall. Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight and the engine's power failure due to…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19980912023699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980912023699A), Sep 12, 1998: Gulstm AA1B (N6288L), Ellicott, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances, the 2 POB suffered fatal inj., acft was destoryed. (-23)on September 12, 1998, at 10:15 MDT, Grumman American AA-1B,…

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