# Accident 19750806025909A: Grumav AA1B, Butte, MT, August 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1975
- Place: Butte, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Cruise
- Location: 46.0038° N, 112.5347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butte, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0038&lon=-112.5347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9618L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9618L-1975-10-02) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 8 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA7LFTI05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA7LFTI05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750806025909A

## Narrative

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

PWR LINE NEAR HWY. SIMULATED FORCED LDG.

## 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 SEA7LFTI05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA7LFTI05), Aug 6, 1975: Amer Avco AA1-B (N9618L), Butte, MT, 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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