# Accident 19760315009679A: Grumav AA1B, Medicine Lodge, KS, March 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1976
- Place: Medicine Lodge, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.2851° N, 98.5812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medicine Lodge, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2851&lon=-98.5812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1462R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1462R-1976-06-14) (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: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760315009679A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC76AK048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK048), Mar 15, 1976: Grum Amer AA1-B (N1462R), Medicine Lodge, KS, destroyed, 2 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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