Event SEA87LA161

1987-05-09 OCEAN SHORES, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6296L

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-1B

Year of manufacture

1973 · 14 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING O-290-D2 (140 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20180622

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A83AE1

Registrant of record

HANSEN ROY J

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6296L Grumman AA1B None

Factual narrative

THE PLT LANDED HIS ACFT ONTO A GOLF COURSE WHICH HAD BEEN THE PREVIOUS SITE FOR THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN CLOSED SINCE DECEMBER 1985 AND RELOCATED CLOSE BY. THE PAVEMENT AT THE OLD AIRPORT HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SOD. DURING LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DITCH. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_SEA87LA161.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Beyond the agency record

Search this event elsewhere.

Pre-filled searches into the sources where news + community discussion of aviation events lives. External sources are reported, not agency. Treat them as signal that something happened, not as fact about what happened.

TallyAero Live Wire Aviation press

Entity-clustered aviation events in the press — last 24 hr + 30-day archive.

NTSB CAROL Agency ↗

Official agency record + docket.

NTSB Docket Agency ↗

Investigative docket: factual reports, photos, transcripts.

Aviation Safety Network Aviation press ↗

Long-running aviation incident database (Flight Safety Foundation).

Kathryn's Report Aviation press ↗

Community NTSB synthesis blog — often has photos and witness reports.

Aviation Herald Aviation press ↗

Gold-standard aviation incident blog.