# Accident 19750607026309A: Grumav AA5, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1975
- Place: Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 18.3333° N, 65.6576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fajardo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3333&lon=-65.6576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7176L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7176L-1976-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 12 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA7KAM086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA7KAM086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750607026309A

## Narrative

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

PLT OBSVD DRINKING FM A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY,LATER OBSVD TO BOARD ACFT.LO PASS OVR BOATS IN HARBOR.

## 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 MIA7KAM086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA7KAM086), Jun 7, 1975: Grum Amer AA-5 (N7176L), Fajardo, PR, 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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