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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumav AA-1C · TX · September 21, 1981

Date
September 21, 1981 · 13:35 local
Place
TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9889U
Reported as
Grumav AA1C
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total275 in this make and model11 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.

Za plot had a force landing due to fuel exhaustion. Hit a ditch. Engine indicated poor maintenance.

As the FAA filed it

ZA PLOT HAD A FORCE LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. HIT A DITCH. ENGINE INDICATED POOR MAINTENANCE.