# Accident 19760809025949A: Grumav AA1A, Oakland, CA, August 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1976
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6362L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6362L-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 9 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVD47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760809025949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RPTD SEEING LOW CLDS TOPPING MTNS AND EXTENDING INTO BAY AREA.

## 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 OAK76FVD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVD47), Aug 9, 1976: Grum Amer AA1-A (N6362L), Oakland, CA, 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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