# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C: Loss of control - in flight

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 LAX06CA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA146.md): Grumman American AA-1C · San Diego, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Apr 23, 2006 · N9756U · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall during initial climb. A contributing factor was his diverted attention.
- [NTSB NYC01FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA169.md): Grumman American AA-1C · Medford, NJ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 10, 2001 · N9616U · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper use of the flight controls while turning to base, which resulted in a stall/spin and subsequent impact with the ground.
- [NTSB ATL95LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA112.md): Grumman AA1C · Mocksville, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 17, 1995 · N9980U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper short field takeoff procedure which resulted in the inadvertent stall/mush during the takeoff.
- [NTSB CHI89LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA148.md): Grumman AA-1C · Madison, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 1989 · N39035 · Substantial damage
  > The student's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft and the cfi's delay in taking remedial action to regain control. Contributing to the accident was the students lack of total experience.
- [NTSB LAX89LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA222.md): American AA-1C · Kalaupapa, HI · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1989 · N88ME · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to prevent a stall from which there was insufficient altitude to recover.
- [NTSB CHI84LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA228.md): Grumman AA-1C · Madison, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 1984 · N8055W · Substantial damage
  > The student plt was practicing touch-&-go landings with an Aeronca in the traffic pattern ahead of him. He stated that when he touched down, the Aeronca was still on the rwy, so he decided to abort the landing to avoid the other acft. The plt stated he had…

## 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 ('3960100')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960100&occurrence=250

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