19770411010279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav AA-1 · East Tawas, MI · April 11, 1977

Date
April 11, 1977
Place
East Tawas, MI
Airport
Iosco County
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5706L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI77FEM22
Reported as
Grumav AA1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
519 total74 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fuel sel value #X670401 stuck. Position of value would not cause eng to quit, just reduce pwr.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL SEL VALUE #X670401 STUCK. POSITION OF VALUE WOULD NOT CAUSE ENG TO QUIT, JUST REDUCE PWR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.