# Accident 19800618022189A: Gruman F8F2ACME, Commerce, GA, June 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: Commerce, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2143° N, 83.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Commerce, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2143&lon=-83.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9885C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9885C-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F8F-2 (registry code 3950802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f8f-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN F8F2ACME
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA055-202521) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800618022189A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN A THUNDERSTORM. LOST A WING. WAS ADVISED NOT TO FLY IN AREA. AILERONS WERE OUT OF BALANCE.

## 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 ATL81FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA055-202521), Jun 18, 1980: Grumman F8F-2 (N9885C), Commerce, GA, 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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