# NTSB investigations: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, 1985

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 DEN86LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA003.md): Grumman AA-5A · Sawyer, ND · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1985 · N26207 · Substantial damage
  > The plt allowed the airspeed to decrease to the extent of activating the acft stall warning system on final apch at 100 ft above the ground and 200 ft from the end of the rwy. He corrected the low airspeed condition by lowering the nose, resulting in a high…
- [NTSB CHI85LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA206.md): Gulfstream American AA-5A · New Hudson, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 23, 1985 · N9581U · Destroyed
  > The pilot inadvertently attempted to take off with at least 21 deg. Of flaps. The acft climbed to approximately 30-50 8T. AGL and passed over a hangar on the left side of the runway. Once past the hangar the acft began a rapid descent. Post impact fire…
- [NTSB MIA85LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA172.md): Grumman American AA-5A · Orlando, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 1985 · N210JA · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that after he arrived & was on an apch to land, he noted 'tape' across the rwy. He remained airborne until the acft passed over 'the taped off area.' He then landed the acft on the rwy which was rough & bumpy. The plt stated that the acft was…

## 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") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3960106'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3960106&year=1985

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