- Date
- May 3, 1975
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH · WADSWORTH, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9561LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750503019159A
- Case key
- 149244
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1772 75/5/3 WADSWORTH,OH GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1655 N9561L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 1058 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 179 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WADSWORTH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WADSWORTH,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- IP THOUGHT ACFT FLOAT WOULD CARRY OVR TO RWY.T/D ABT 90FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9561L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wadsworth Muni
N9561LRegistered 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.