# Accident 19810412015719A: Grumav AA1A, Culpeper, VA, April 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1981, 10:15 local time
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81YB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81YB-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 324 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DIA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412015719A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE PORPOISED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. UNDECIDED TO CONTINUE OR ABORT. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO EMBANKMENT.

## 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 ATL81DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DIA04), Apr 12, 1981: Grum Amer AA1A (N81YB), Culpeper, VA, 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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