# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B: In flight collision with object

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 NYC00LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA033.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Fayetteville, WV · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 1999 · N4542P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's decision to continue the landing attempt too far down the runway. A factor was the pilot's self-induced pressure to land the airplane, due to the sickness of the front seat passenger.
- [NTSB CHI98LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA368.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Deadwood, SD · Accident · 2 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 26, 1998 · N4535P · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the trees.
- [NTSB LAX98LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA137.md): Grumman American AA5B · Aguanga, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 18, 1998 · N28565 · Substantial damage
  > the lack of available published information regarding obstructions and nonstandard lighting at the private airport, and the lack of a lighted and properly marked displaced threshold.
- [NTSB SEA96LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA146.md): Grumman American AA-5B · St Maries, ID · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1996 · N28452 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to a drug (marijuana), and his failure to see-and-avoid power lines. The pilot's intentional low altitude flight was a related factor.
- [NTSB DEN90LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA145.md): Grumman AA5B · Monte Vista, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 27, 1990 · N28421 · Destroyed
  > The pilot's premature rotation and liftoff.
- [NTSB CHI88LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA229.md): Grumman AA-5B · Schaumburg, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1988 · N28774 · Substantial damage
  > During an attempted night landing at an airport with inoperative pilot-controlled runway lights, the pilot made a series of low passes (approximately 6 passes) before trying to land. The aircraft collided with the top of a tree located slightly to the left of…
- [NTSB SEA82DA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA108.md): Grumman AA-5B · Corvallis, OR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 11, 1982 · N81382 · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft contacted the surface while the pilot was making a low pass over the private airport. Fresh cut hay was windrowed at the edge of the strip. The hay caught on the landing gear and blew up into the elevators and the aircraft was damaged when it…

## 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 ('3960105')
    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" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960105&occurrence=220

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