# Accident 19770411010279A: Grumav AA1, East Tawas, MI, April 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1977
- Place: East Tawas, MI
- Airport: Iosco County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 44.3128° N, 83.4223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOSCO COUNTY (6D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3128&lon=-83.4223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5706L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5706L-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1 (registry code 0630610, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 74 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770411010279A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI77FEM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM22), Apr 11, 1977: Amer Avco AA1 (N5706L), East Tawas, MI, 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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