- Date
- July 19, 1975
- Place
- Hammond, WI · HAMMOND, WI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5875LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750719028179A
- Case key
- 150491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 75/7/19 HAMMOND,WI GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 98 TOTAL TIME - 2033 N5875L PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ELMO,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD CRUISING ABT 100-150FT AGL THEN NEARLY COMPLETED A LOOP BFR SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5875L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5875LRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 1975 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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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.