# Accident 19730819027409A: Grumav AA1B, Bristol, PA, August 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1973
- Place: Bristol, PA
- Airport: 3m
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.1023° N, 74.8519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bristol, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1023&lon=-74.8519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9627L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9627L-2018-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730819027409A

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLT FROM R SEAT,LOW ON APCH PLT PULLED THROTTLE INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT.

## 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 NYC74DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DHD11), Aug 19, 1973: Amer Avco AA1-B (N9627L), Bristol, PA, 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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