# Accident 20220610005489A: American Aviation AA-1A, Granite Falls, MN, June 10, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2022, 06:48 local time
- Place: Granite Falls, MN
- Airport: Granite Falls Municipal/Lenzen-Roe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8110° N, 95.5524° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8110&lon=-95.5524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9207L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9207L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American AA-1A (registry code 0630710, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-aa-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN AVIATION AA-1A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 63 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220610005489A

## Narrative

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

2022-06-10 N9207L GRANITE FALLS MN AIRCRAFT CRASHED .5 MILES EAST OF AIRPORT. PIC TOOK OFF FROM GRANITE FALLS AIRPORT (GDB) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AND FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES. WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 240 AT 5 KNOTS. AIRCRAFT WAS PREPARING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33.  AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE LEFT WING DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT 2600 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 65 FEET FROM INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT. LEFT AILERON COUNTERWEIGHT WAS FOUND ADJACENT TO INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT. THERE WERE 2 MORE IMPACT POINTS WITH NO IDENTIFIABLE MARKS. LEFT WING WAS 6 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SPINNER WAS FOUND 15 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. PIC WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS AIR LIFTED TO HOSPITAL WITH A HEAD INJURY. PIC HAS NO MEMORY OF THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN22LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA241), Jun 10, 2022: American AA-1A (N9207L), Granite Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while in the airport traffic pattern that resulted in an uncontrolled descent and impact with terrain.

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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