Single-engine piston

N9439L

1971 Grumman/American General AA1A

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1971
Serial
AA1A-0239
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Boca Raton, FL
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Registration record

N9439L on the FAA register

Type
1971 Grumman/American General AA1A (FAA: American Aviation AA-1A)
Serial
AA1A-0239
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Boca Raton, FL
Certificate issued
2025-11-20
Airworthiness date
1971-09-23
Registration expires
2032-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
AD1BEB
Mode S (octal)
53215753
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-11-26
    Accident at High Rolls, NM; damage: destroyed.
  • 2025-11-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N9439L.
  • 1971-09-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
Overview

About N9439L

N9439L is a 1971 Grumman/American General AA1A (FAA model AA-1A), serial number AA1A-0239. It is registered to an individual in Boca Raton, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 20, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-235 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated September 23, 1971.

N9439L has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2025-11-26 Accident · High Rolls, NM Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · WPR26FA051
Reported aircraft: American Aviation AA-1A
Preliminary report: On November 26, 2025, about 1145 mountain standard time, an American Aviation AA-1A airplane, N9439L was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot had recently purchased the airplane and received his private pilot certificate about one month prior to the accident. On Nov 24, 2025, he began a long cross-country flight that departed Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA), Palm Springs, Florida, about 1310. He flew to several destinations and landed at DeFuniak Springs Airport (54J), DeFuniak Springs, Florida,…
NTSB report ↗

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.