- Date
- June 4, 1976
- Place
- Mccordsville, IN · MCCORDSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9624UGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760604014799A
- Case key
- 153967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1519 76/6/4 MCCORDSVILLE,IN GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N9624U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCORDSVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- VEERED APRX 60 DEG L AFTR L/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9624U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brookside
N9624URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 1976 · 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.