# Accident 19760106000899A: Grumav AA1A, Huntington Bch, CA, January 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1976
- Place: Huntington Bch, CA
- Airport: Meadowlark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6441L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6441L-2020-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FWA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FWA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760106000899A

## Narrative

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

GO ARND DUE HARD LNDG. ENG QUIT DRG NOSE HI R TURN.

## 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 LAX76FWA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FWA19), Jan 6, 1976: Amer Avco AA1-A (N6441L), Huntington Bch, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N6441L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750907042699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750907042699A), Sep 7, 1975: Grumav AA1A (N6441L), Huntington Bch, CA, Substantial damage. Last official records for plt dated 1969.

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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