# NTSB investigations: American AA-1A, TX

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 CEN22FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA203.md): American AA-1A · Cleburne, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · May 17, 2022 · N6409L · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s decision to operate the airplane after consuming alcohol, which led to an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall, and a subsequent loss of control at a low altitude.
- [NTSB CEN21FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA290.md): American AA-1A · Cleburne, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Jun 24, 2021 · N9261L · Destroyed
  > The canopy moving fully open during flight, which resulted in the pilot’s distraction and a subsequent aerodynamic stall/spin and loss of control.
- [NTSB CEN17LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA105.md): American AA 1A · Gainesville, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 21, 2017 · N6343L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight and inflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and subsequent forced landing in a field. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s delayed action in taking control of the…
- [NTSB FTW87FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA041.md): American AA-1A · Robertson, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 30, 1986 · N9493L · Destroyed
  > Witnesses stated that the aircraft was circling the top of a 94 ft tall oil well makeover rig when it descended below their line of sight. Another witness a mile away stated that the aircraft began spinning before ground impact. No evidence of any malfunction…
- [NTSB FTW85LA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA216.md): Grumman AA1A · Sweetwater, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1985 · N6399L · Destroyed
  > The acft was destroyed when it flipped over during a forced landing following fuel starvation. The fuel selector was positioned on an empty tank. The right fuel tank was full of fuel. The plt stated he must have forgotten to switch tanks.
- [NTSB FTW85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA063.md): American AA-1A · Spearman, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 2, 1984 · N100RJ · Substantial damage
  > Plt had pulled up form a low pass over cattle when eng quit. Plt cited probable carburetor icing but did not use carb heat. In turn to emergency landing area, acft speed decayed and acft mushed into ground, colliding with a ditch.
- [NTSB FTW84LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA161.md): American AA-1A · Smithville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1984 · N9460L · Substantial damage
  > The pvt non-instrument plt received two wx briefings for his route of flt from madison, MS, to lufkin, TX, to college station, TX, to san antonio, TX. The last briefing from college station fss informed the plt that marginal VFR conditions exsisted along the…
- [NTSB FTW82DA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA360.md): American AA-1A · Georgetown, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 31, 1982 · N6306L · Destroyed
  > At 50 feet AGL the instructor pilot closed the throttle to simulate engine failure during takeoff. He expected a low speed, low altitude, steep 120 degree turn to land on runway 29 by the private pilot receiving familiarization on the AA-1A aircraft. The…
- [NTSB FTW78FRG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG03.md): Amer Avco AA-1A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 8, 1977 · N9214L · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW77FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA059.md): American AA-1A · Marion, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Jun 5, 1977 · N6415L · Destroyed
- [NTSB FTW77FRG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRG41.md): Grum Amer AA-1A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 23, 1977 · N9214L · Substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW74DPD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD25.md): Amer Avco AA-1A · Crowley, TX · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 10, 1973 · N9440L · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'TX' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('0630710'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=0630710&state=TX

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