19781112042789A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav AA1C · Kernville, CA · November 12, 1978

Date
November 12, 1978
Place
Kernville, CA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9584U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FA014
Reported as
Grumav AA1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
105 total17 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft decended vertically through trees in a flat upright attitudele rotating.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT DECENDED VERTICALLY THROUGH TREES IN A FLAT UPRIGHT ATTITUDELE ROTATING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.