# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B, 2003

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 NYC03FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA176.md): Grumman AA-5B · Pleasantville, PA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 2003 · N28788 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper IFR procedure by his failure to maintain published altitudes, which resulted in the in-flight collision with terrain. A factor was his impairment due to prescription medication.
- [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 FTW03LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA179.md): Grumman AA-5B · Spring, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 2003 · N81268 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control due to wake turbulence.

## 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") = 2003
  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=2003

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