# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-1C: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 SEA03LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA017.md): Grumman American AA-1C · Rigby, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 23, 2002 · N9526U · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of a fuel tank with inadequate fuel resulting in fuel starvation and a complete power loss during the initial climb. A contributing factor was the ditch which the aircraft impacted during the forced landing resulting in the collapse of…
- [NTSB CHI01LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA099.md): Grumman American AA-1C · Dekalb, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 2001 · N9886U · Substantial damage
  > Fuel starvation, the pilot not switching the fuel selector to the other fuel tank, and the pilot not maintaining control of the airplane through the forced landing attempt. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's inadequate fuel management, the…
- [NTSB NYC96LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA079.md): Grumman American AA-1C · Groton, NY · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 27, 1996 · N9974U · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate fuel management, and his improper use of the fuel selector valve, which resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent collision with bails of hay during the forced landing.
- [NTSB LAX94LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA121.md): Grumman AA-1A · Bishop, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1994 · N9614U · Substantial damage
  > fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and en route fuel consumption monitoring.
- [NTSB LAX91LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA176.md): Grumman AA-LC · Inyokern, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1991 · N31DV · Substantial damage
  > Poor flight planning by the pilot-in-command which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB SEA91LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA015.md): Grumman American AA-1C · Port Townsend, WA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1990 · N9583U · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat which resulted in a loss of engine power and a forced landing.
- [NTSB NYC89LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA217.md): Grumman AA-1C · Philadelphia, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1989 · N9825U · Substantial damage
  > Fuel starvation, due to the pilot's failure to assure the fuel selector was positioned to a tank with adequate fuel for landing, and his failure to follow the proper emergency procedure after the tank emptied.
- [NTSB NYC85LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA233.md): Grumman AA-1C · Wheatland, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 28, 1985 · N9787U · Substantial damage
  > Acft departed leroy, NY, on an instructional flt to rochester, NY. Fifteen minutes after departure the flt made a forced landing in a bean field. Examination of the acft showed no useable fuel remained.
- [NTSB NYC82DA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA138.md): Grumman AA-1C · West Haven, CT · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 2, 1982 · N39050 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot departed bridgeport, CT at 1200 hours and arrived at nantucket, ma at 1345 hours. While en route, he made a touch-and-go at fishers island and practiced stall maneuvers. He departed nantucket at about 1430 hours without refueling.…

## 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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960100&occurrence=353

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