# Accident 19730704019499A: Grumav AA1, Decatur, TN, July 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1973
- Place: Decatur, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.5291° N, 84.7933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5291&lon=-84.7933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5736L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5736L-1974-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 555 total, 26 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKW02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730704019499A

## Narrative

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

VOR TRACKING PRACTICE,AT ETA UN LOCATE ARPT.ATMTD LDG IN HAY FLD SAW WIRES BFR T/D PULLED NOSE UP.

## 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 IAD74DKW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKW02), Jul 4, 1973: Amer Avco AA1 (N5736L), Decatur, TN, destroyed

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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