# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, 1985

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 MIA86IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86IA018.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Live Oak, FL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 1985 · N9558L · Minor damage
  > The acft made a downwind landing touching down long on the rwy. The acft could not be stopped & ran off the end of the rwy. The plt stated that he misread the windsock.
- [NTSB ATL86FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA002.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Hurricane, WV · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1985 · N9629U · Destroyed
  > N9629U crashed in a wooded area near Hurricane, west Virginia while conducting a visual flight from millwood, WV to grundy, Virginia. The pilot and aircraft were certificated in accordance with current FARS. The pilot received a weather briefing for the…
- [NTSB NYC85LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA214.md): Grumman American AA-5 · Montgomery, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1985 · N5405L · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that the flt was uneventful until he was in a descent about 12 mi from the destination arpt. He said that a large bird suddenly appeared in front of the acft & collided with the right wing. The bird strike put a large hole in the right wing…
- [NTSB MIA85LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA173.md): Grumman American AA-5 · High Springs, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1985 · N9541L · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that he made a normal takeoff with 2200 RPM, but shortly after rotation, the RPM started to decrease & the acft lost altitude & landed in the top of a large oak tree. An investigation revealed that the carburetor inlet finger screen had a 75%…
- [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…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960104'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960104&year=1985

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