# Accident 19741217041309A: Grumav AA1B, Fenton, MO, December 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1974
- Place: Fenton, MO
- Airport: Weiss
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.5285° N, 90.4508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fenton, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5285&lon=-90.4508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8867L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8867L-1975-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 53 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741217041309A

## Narrative

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

ACCELERATED STALL.ACFT SPUN OUT OF A STEEP BANKED L TURN.PLT CONCERNED WITH OTR ACFT.

## 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 MKC75FCA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCA19), Dec 17, 1974: Amer Avco AA1-B (N8867L), Fenton, MO, 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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