- Date
- February 4, 1975
- Place
- Polo, IL · POLO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5484LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750204002739A
- Case key
- 148226
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0773 75/2/4 POLO,IL GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N5484L PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 35, 3803 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 102 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RADIO RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POLO,IL ROCKFORD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) COPILOT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- SLOW ACCEL ON SOFT SOD RWY.COPILOT INITIATED ABORT,PLT ELECTED TO CONT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5484L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Radio Ranch
N5484LRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5484L · 2
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