# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 NYC90LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA119.md): Grumman American AA5-A · Plainfield, MA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1990 · N26302 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to switch the fuel selector to the proper tank. A factor to the accident was the high obstructions near the field.
- [NTSB CHI84LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA166.md): Grumman AA5A · Cudahy, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1984 · N26404 · Substantial damage
  > The acft struck a storage shed while attempting to reach a golf course during an emergency landing in gusty wind conditions. There were no visible signs or odor of fuel at the accident site. When the acft was inspected the carburetor and fuel sumps were…
- [NTSB FTW82DA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA386.md): Grumman AA-5A · Tulsa, OK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 22, 1982 · N26171 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot stated that he made several touch-and-go landings without incident, when the engine started "cutting out" on final approach. He reported that carburetor heat was not applied until after the power loss began. He was unable to restore power…

## 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 ('3960106')
    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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960106&occurrence=353

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