# Accident 19760820030739A: Grumav AA1B, Escalante, UT, August 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1976
- Place: Escalante, UT
- Airport: Abandoned Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 37.7624° N, 111.5972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escalante, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7624&lon=-111.5972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9947L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9947L-1976-11-23) (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: 235 total, 10 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76ATM45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76ATM45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760820030739A

## Narrative

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

DENSITY ALTITUDE 5250 FT

## 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 DEN76ATM45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76ATM45), Aug 20, 1976: Amer Avco AA-1B (N9947L), Escalante, UT, 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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