# Accident 19761211040539A: Grumav AA1, Wainiha, HI, December 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1976
- Place: Wainiha, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 22.1921° N, 159.5467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wainiha, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.1921&lon=-159.5467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5910L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5910L-1977-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FJA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FJA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761211040539A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS SEEN AT 100 FT ALT HEADED INTO RISING MOUNTAINS.

## 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 OAK77FJA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FJA01), Dec 11, 1976: Yankee AA1 (N5910L), Wainiha, HI, 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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