# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5: In flight collision with terrain/water

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 LAX07FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA272.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Joshua Tree, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 2007 · N119G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance during descent. Contributing to the accident were dark night conditions and mountainous terrain.
- [NTSB DEN00FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA136.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Moab, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 18, 2000 · N7161L · Destroyed
  > The pilot in command exercising poor judgment and exceeding the aircraft's turning capability. Contributing factors were the pilots' attention being diverted, flying into a known blind canyon, high temperature, and high density altitude.
- [NTSB NYC99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA012.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Provincetown, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 9, 1998 · N7100L · Destroyed
  > The failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in inadvertent collision with water. Factors in the accident were the dark night and low ceiling.
- [NTSB LAX97LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA275.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Monterey, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 8, 1997 · N6086L · Destroyed
  > the pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from surrounding terrain.
- [NTSB BFO91LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA065.md): Grumman AA-5 · Clarksville, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1991 · N1615R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper flare and failure to arrest his descent rate.
- [NTSB NYC89LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA187.md): Grumman AA-5 · Mount Joy, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 1989 · N1611R · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delay in initiating a go-around, and his failure to maintain proper runway alignment. Factors related to the accident were: failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point and the crop.
- [NTSB NYC84FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA233.md): Grumman AA-5 · Woodstock, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1984 · N9519L · Destroyed
  > Acft was on a VFR personal flight. Witness on mountain slope heard sounds of approaching acft, observed brief glimpse of acft wheel and wing through cloud and fog about 100 ft away, at tree-top level. A few seconds later. Witness heard eng sound cease.…
- [NTSB ATL83LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA038.md): Grumman AA5 · Clinton, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1982 · N5442L · Destroyed
  > The pilot was on final approach behind a Cessna 150 and thought the Cessna would turn off at the first taxiway. The Cessna continued to the second taxiway and the pilot of N5442L elected to go-around. The pilot stated the aircraft seemed to mush as it flew…

## 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 ('3960104')
    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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960104&occurrence=230

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