# Accident 19761206039599A: Grumav AA5, Ft.Sumner, NM, December 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1976
- Place: Ft.Sumner, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 34.4868° N, 104.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Sumner, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4868&lon=-104.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7100L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7100L-1999-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 196 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FQA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FQA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761206039599A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CONTINUED FLT WITH APPROX 350 FT OF WIRE ON TAIL.LANDED AT ARPT.

## 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 DEN77FQA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FQA09), Dec 6, 1976: Grum Amer AA5 (N7100L), Ft.Sumner, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7100L (1)

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

- [Accident 19981009029519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009029519A), Oct 9, 1998: Amrgen AA5 (N7100L), Provincetown, MA, Damage unknown, 1 fatal. Acft was on ILS approach when it crashed under unknown circumstances, pilot suffered fatal injuries. (-23) ronald h. sinzheimer, pilot in command of N7100L,…

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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