19810719053149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumav AA-1A · Novato, CA · July 19, 1981

Date
July 19, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Novato, CA
Airport
Gnoss
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9497L
Reported as
Grumav AA1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
780 total150 in this make and model40 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.

Left brake failed on landing roll. Ran off end of runway into a ditch. Brake line had cracked at b nut at wheel end

As the FAA filed it

LEFT BRAKE FAILED ON LANDING ROLL. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. BRAKE LINE HAD CRACKED AT B NUT AT WHEEL END