# Accident 19731027033619A: Grumav AA5, Shelley, ID, October 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1973
- Place: Shelley, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.3796° N, 112.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelley, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3796&lon=-112.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9267L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9267L-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-5 (registry code 0631410, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 111 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS002-188463) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731027033619A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL DRG ATMPTD TURN ARND IN STEEP CANYON.NEAR MAX GROSS WT,CG AT AFT LIMITS.6400 FT AT SITE.

## 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 SEA74AS002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS002-188463), Oct 27, 1973: Amer Avco AA5 (N9267L), Shelley, ID, destroyed, 4 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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