# Incident 20251203020389I: Grumman AA-1B, Sussex, NJ, December 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6516L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6516L) (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: GRUMMAN AA-1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251203020389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PREFLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT THAT MORNING AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. TOOK OFF OUT OF GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT WITH THE INTENTIONS OF PERFORMING BASIC PILOT MANEUVERS. AFTER RECOVERING FROM A POWER ON STALL WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN LEVEL FLIGHT A SEVERE VIBRATION DEVELOPED. PILOT DIVERTED TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT BEING SUSSEX NJ. THE FIRST APPROACH INTO SUSSEX WAS TOO HIGH THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO AROUND RESULTING IN THE VIBRATION BECOMING MUCH WORSE. ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. AFTER LANDING PILOT OBSERVED PIECE OF PROPELLER MISSING AND CALLED THE CONTROLLING FAA OFFICE.

## Other reports on N6516L (1)

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

- [Accident 19751101036559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751101036559A), Nov 1, 1975: Grumav AA1B (N6516L), Amarillo, TX, Substantial damage. Carb heat in full hot pos.

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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