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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Grumav AA-1B · Weed, NM · September 26, 1981

Date
September 26, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Weed, NM
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9978L
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DQD35
Reported as
Grumav AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
149 total18 in this make and model42 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.

Pilot became lost following road and crashed into raising terrain in mountainous area.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BECAME LOST FOLLOWING ROAD AND CRASHED INTO RAISING TERRAIN IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA.

NTSB investigation

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