# Accident 19810907061729A: Grumav AA1B, Richmond, NH, September 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Richmond, NH
- Airport: Dillant Hopkins
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8984° N, 72.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLANT/HOPKINS (EEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8984&lon=-72.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1446R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1446R-2012-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907061729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. WEATHER, CEILING 0 AND VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE REPORTED BY WITNESS.

## 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 NYC81FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA082), Sep 7, 1981: Gulf Amer AA-1B (N1446R), Richmond, NH, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N1446R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780826039179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826039179I), Aug 26, 1978: Gulstm AA1B (N1446R), Springfield, VT, Minor damage. Pilot experienced downdraft, landed hard.

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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