# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B: 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 CHI94LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA152.md): Grumman American TR-2 · Wichita, KS · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 8, 1994 · N1639R · Substantial damage > was the pilot-in-command not performing an aborted landing after the first porpoise event and bounce into the air. Factors associated with this accident were an excessive airspeed and porpoising encountered by the pilot-in-command. - [NTSB MIA93LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA149.md): Grumman AA-1B · Ocala, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1993 · N8962L · Substantial damage > Premature lift off by the pilot during takeoff. - [NTSB SEA91LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA097.md): Grumman AA-1B · Douglas, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 2, 1991 · N1412R · Destroyed > An inadvertent stall with inadequate terrain clearance. Factors include flight in mountainous terrain at an altitude where remedial action was not possible. - [NTSB LAX91FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA020.md): Grumman AA-1B · Solana Beach, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 1, 1990 · N9956L · Destroyed > The inadvertent stall/spin. Factors in the accident were: the pilot's decision to allow the reporter passenger to fly the aircraft in a critical flight situation, his decision to allow the aircraft to descend to an altitude too low to allow for contingencies,… - [NTSB NYC90FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA179.md): Grumman AA-1B · Springfield, NJ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1990 · N1429R · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and the inadvertent stall of the airplane at an altitude from which recovery was not possible. - [NTSB SEA85LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA092.md): Grumman AA-1B · Hampton, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 13, 1985 · N9861L · Substantial damage > The student plt made a precautionary landing due to being lost and low on fuel. The airstrips surface was 1000 ft of dirt and sand with a fence at the departure end. Takeoff data based on gross weight, zero wind, 4000 ft elevation at 80 degrees, on a hard… - [NTSB MKC85LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA003.md): Grumman AA1B · House Springs, MO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1984 · N8886L · Substantial damage > The acft crashed in a cornfield after takeoff. The takeoff was from a 1550 ft long, wet and soft turf rwy. The acft lifted off near the end and would not climb. The acft stalled and crashed. - [NTSB CHI84LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA200.md): Grumman AA-1B · Millstadt, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 20, 1984 · N8973L · Substantial damage > The acft was stalled during the landing approach over trees to an 1800 ft strip. After clearing the trees the plt reduced the power to idle while aprx 30 ft AGL. The acft stalled, contacted the soft plowed soil and nosed over about 150 ft short of the rwy. - [NTSB MKC83LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA204.md): Grumman American AA-B · Bucklin, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1983 · N9620L · Substantial damage > The plt took off with a near full load of fuel. An adult passenger was in the right seat & a child was seated in the baggage compartment, which was not an approved seat. The density altitude at the arpt was aprx 4100 ft. the plt indicated that he rotated for… - [NTSB LAX83LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA328.md): Grumman American AA-1B · Boulder City, NV · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1983 · N1507R · Destroyed > The acft collided with rising terrain during a go-around. The pilot attempted a landing at Boulder City in a 20-30 kt. Wind. When the acft bounced the pilot decided to go-around. Instead of climbing into the wind he turned downwind at low altitude where he… - [NTSB LAX83FUJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUJ01.md): Grumman American AA-1B · New River, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Oct 19, 1982 · N9897L · Substantial damage > After entering the traffic pattern, the aircraft was observed in a steep descending turn from downwind to final approach. A witness reported that the pilot kept increasing the bank, while turning to final, as if to keep from overshooting the final approach… ## 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_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=3960103&occurrence=250 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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