Grumman AA1B N8861L

29 June 1979 · Garnett, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 June 1979 at about 13:10 local time, a Grumman AA1B registered N8861L was involved in an accident during in flight near Garnett, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 June 1979 at 13:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Garnett, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Garnett
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman AA1B
Registration: N8861L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ottawa, Ks → Kansas City, Ks
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1370

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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WRONG TYPE VALVE KEEPERS INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1370, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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