# NTSB DEN77FQA09: Grum Amer AA5, N7100L, Ft.Sumner, NM, December 6, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 6, 1976
- Place: Ft.Sumner, NM · FT.SUMNER, NM
- Location: 34.4868° N, 104.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Sumner, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4868&lon=-104.2178&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN77FQA09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FQA09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3764   76/12/6   FT.SUMNER,NM        GRUM AMER AA5       CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 254
        TIME - 2205                    N7100L              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROSWELL,NM                  FT.SUMNER,NM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- ACFT CONTINUED FLT WITH APPROX 350 FT OF WIRE ON TAIL.LANDED AT ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7100L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7100L-1999-03-01), registration cancelled 1999-03-01, S/N AA5-0600 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUM AMER AA5
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (registry code 3960104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19761206039599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761206039599A), Dec 6, 1976: Grumav AA5, Ft.Sumner, NM, Substantial damage. Acft continued flt with approx 350 ft of wire on tail. Landed at arpt.

## Other investigations on N7100L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA012), Oct 9, 1998: Grumman American AA-5 (N7100L), Provincetown, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in inadvertent collision with water. Factors in the accident were the dark night and low ceiling.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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