# Accident 19730604016499A: Grumav AA1B, Fairfield, CA, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Fairfield, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.2494° N, 122.0400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2494&lon=-122.0400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9507L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9507L-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1B (registry code 0630820, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,244 total, 126 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604016499A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT PLACARDED-SPINS PROHIBITED.PLT FAILED TO USE ESTABD SPIN RECOVERY TECHNIQUE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 OAK73AP043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP043), Jun 4, 1973: Amer Avco AA1-B (N9507L), Fairfield, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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