39.9205° N, 105.0867° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Broomfield, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 1981 · 09:00 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Airport
Jeffco
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9976U
Reported as
Grumav AA5A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
867 total99 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.
Unable to take off out of ground effect due to snow and ice on wings. Landed straight ahead off runway.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO TAKE OFF OUT OF GROUND EFFECT DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ON WINGS. LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD OFF RUNWAY.