# Accident 19810921061469A: Grumav AA1B, Marietta, PA, September 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Marietta, PA
- Airport: Elizabethtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0570° N, 76.5517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marietta, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0570&lon=-76.5517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8969L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8969L-2015-12-19) (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 O235*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 71 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FGT13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FGT13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810921061469A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LANDED LONG, AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC81FGT13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FGT13), Sep 21, 1981: Amer Avco AA-1B (N8969L), Marietta, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8969L (4)

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

- [Accident 20150718016229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150718016229A), Jul 18, 2015: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B (N8969L), Lititz, PA, Substantial damage. On July 18, 2015, at approximately 2100 eastern daylight time, a Grumman American aircraft, model AA1B, serial number AA1B-0419, N8969L, impacted terrain at a…
- [Incident 19810726061819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810726061819I), Jul 26, 1981: Grumav AA1B (N8969L), Marietta, PA, Minor damage. Student solo bounced and damaged nose gear strut and propeller blade tip.
- [Accident 19771113037939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771113037939A), Nov 13, 1977: Grumav AA1B (N8969L), Hornell, NY, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19750426008099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750426008099A), Apr 26, 1975: Grumav AA1B (N8969L), New Paltz, NY, 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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