# Accident 19760109002979A: Grumav AA1B, Ormond Beach, FL, January 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1976
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8996L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8996L-1976-09-22) (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: 86 total, 17 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760109002979A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RESTRICTED ACROBATIC MANEUVERS.ACFT OBSVD IN TWO LOOPS.NO RCVRY ACTIONS OBSVD.

## 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 MIA76AM056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM056), Jan 9, 1976: Grum Amer AA1-B (N8996L), Ormond Beach, FL, 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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