19810516029189A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav AA-1B · Solana Beach, CA · May 16, 1981

Date
May 16, 1981 · 11:12 local
Place
Solana Beach, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6282L
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA087
Reported as
Grumav AA1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
507 total79 in this make and model0 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.

Lost control looping at a low altitude over a residential area. Near vertical impact between houses.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL LOOPING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER A RESIDENTIAL AREA. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT BETWEEN HOUSES.

NTSB investigation

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