# Accident 19761214040109A: Grumav AA1B, Oklahoma City, OK, December 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1976
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Expressway
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6278L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6278L-1977-12-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,216 total, 36 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761214040109A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW77FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA022), Dec 14, 1976: American AA1B (N6278L), Oklahoma City, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6278L (1)

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

- [Accident 19730318005059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730318005059A), Mar 18, 1973: Grumav AA1B (N6278L), Spring, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot had 8/10 hr instruction in type acft. Acft not fueled after two previous flts.

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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