# Accident 19810926062999A: Grumav AA1B, Weed, NM, September 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Weed, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7969° N, 105.5309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weed, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7969&lon=-105.5309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9978L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9978L-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 149 total, 18 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810926062999A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81DQD35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD35), Sep 26, 1981: Grum Amer AA-1B (N9978L), Weed, NM, destroyed

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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