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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumav AA1B · Tewksbury, MA · June 8, 1981

Date
June 8, 1981 · 15:15 local
Place
Tewksbury, MA
Airport
Tew-Mac
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9879L
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FNA24
Reported as
Grumav AA1B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total18 in this make and model1 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.

Student landing downwind lost control of airplane and it flipped inverted.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT LANDING DOWNWIND LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE AND IT FLIPPED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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