# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B: Off-field or emergency landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN18LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA173.md): Grumman American Avn. AA 1B · Hamilton, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 15, 2018 · N6550L · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
- [NTSB ERA17FA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA299.md): Grumman AA1 · Portland, TN · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 30, 2017 · N8866L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB CEN16LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA134.md): Grumman American Avn. AA 1B · Stephenville, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 2016 · N8883L · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management.
- [NTSB ERA15LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA276.md): Grumman American Avn. AA1B · Lititz, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2015 · N8969L · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine found no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
- [NTSB ERA14FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA260.md): Grumman American Avn. AA1B · Chester, SC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 23, 2014 · N8890L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate inflight fuel monitoring, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the loose fuel cap, which allowed fuel to syphon out in flight.
- [NTSB WPR09LA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA446.md): Grumman American Avn. AA-1B · Creswell, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 2009 · N9682L · Substantial damage
  > A partial loss of engine power due to the malfunction of the engine's right magneto.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960103')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '440' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence?model=3960103

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