# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B, 1983

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 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 FTW84LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA002.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Midland, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 1, 1983 · N28745 · Substantial damage
  > The acft stalled and landed hard off the side of the rwy during a forced landing. The plt said the engine was misfiring during initial climb at 150-200 ft AGL. He tried to land on the remaining rwy. The plt later said he thought the power loss was due to…
- [NTSB NYC83FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA110.md): Grumman American AA5B · Bedminster, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 13, 1983 · N28426 · Substantial damage
  > The acft crashed into trees during a forced landing after a loss of power while enroute from white plains. The engine started to shake and the rpms decreased. The plt initiated emergency procedures but the engine continued to run roughly.a decision was made…
- [NTSB FTW83LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA091.md): Grumman American AA-5B · Nacogdoches, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1983 · N45344 · Substantial damage
  > During arrival, the acft was high on final approach. The plt elected to continue the landing with full flaps, but after touchdown, he was unable to stop on the remaining runway. After overrunning the runway, the acft nosed over in a 10 ft drainage ditch.

## 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") = 1983
  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&year=1983

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