# Accident 19761212042379A: Grumav AA1B, Dorado, Puerto Rico, December 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1976
- Place: Dorado, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 18.4690° N, 66.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorado, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4690&lon=-66.2711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9954L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9954L-1977-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1B (registry code 0630820, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,936 total, 806 in this make and model, 375 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761212042379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED WHILE MAKING LOW PASSES OVER DUAL STUDENT'S RESIDENCE

## 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 MIA77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA018), Dec 12, 1976: Grum Amer AA-1B (N9954L), Dorado, PR, destroyed, 1 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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