# Accident 19780721019989A: Grumav AA1C, Cantwell, AK, July 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1978
- Place: Cantwell, AK
- Airport: Cantwell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 63.3912° N, 148.9556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANTWELL (TTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3912&lon=-148.9556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9951U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9951U-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C (registry code 3960100, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 3 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG87) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721019989A

## Narrative

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

2100FT WET/ROUGH/UPSLOPE RWY.

## 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 ANC78DAG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG87), Jul 21, 1978: Grum Amer AA1C (N9951U), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage

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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