# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5: 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 NYC05FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA058.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Chesapeake, OH · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 2005 · N6511L · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB NYC00FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA225.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Cherry Valley, NY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 12, 2000 · N9570L · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper decision to continue the flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors in the accident were the dark night, fog, low ceiling, and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
- [NTSB IAD96LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA139.md): American AA-5 · Annapolis, MD · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1996 · N9525L · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed after takeoff, which resulted in a stall and subsequent collision with water.
- [NTSB DEN93LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA067.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Watkins, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 1993 · N7129L · Substantial damage
  > Spatial disorientation which prevented the pilot from maintaining control. A factor was: low ceiling.
- [NTSB BFO91LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA070.md): Grumman AA5 · Oakland, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1991 · N9599L · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
- [NTSB DEN88FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA119.md): Gulfstream American AA-5A · Maljamar, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 2, 1988 · N1393R · Destroyed
  > While in slow flt at low level on a oil pipeline patrol demonstration flt, the acft entered a left turn and, according to witnesses, the nose suddenly dropped and the acft crashed in a vertical attitude. The acft was destroyed in the accident and both…
- [NTSB MIA85FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA106.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Horseshoe Beach, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 28, 1985 · N9228L · Destroyed
  > The acft crashed in the gulf of Mexico while the plt was on a night x-country flt. The wx at the destination had been forcast to be IFR. However, in the area of the accident, witnesses stated the wx was good with no fog & it was a dark night. When the acft…
- [NTSB CHI84FA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA308.md): Grumman AA-5 · Little Falls, MN · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1984 · N1338R · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with the ground during a takeoff attempt. The low time plt was using a grass rwy for the 1st time without an instructor. The acft was rotated prematurely and assumed a nose high attitude. According to one witness the acft was 'behind the…

## 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" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960104&occurrence=250

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