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

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 DEN03FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA133.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Steamboat Sprng, CO · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 19, 2003 · N742BM · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors include the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, high density altitude, and mountainous conditions.
- [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 DEN84FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA027.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Boulder, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 20, 1983 · N28420 · Destroyed
  > According to witnesses, the plt had made 3 attempts to land & during each attempt he overshot his approach & executed a go-around without touching down. On the fourth attempt he did touch down but appeared to be too fast & the acft skipped & bounced. After…
- [NTSB DEN81FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA049.md): Gulf-Amer AA-5B · Crested Butte, CO · Accident · 4 fatal · Closed · Jul 12, 1981 · N4539Q · Destroyed
- [NTSB DEN80FTE72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE72.md): Grum-Amer AA-5B · Boulder, CO · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Aug 20, 1980 · N28420 · Substantial damage

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960105'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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

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