- Date
- March 30, 1977
- Place
- Frankfort, IL · FRANKFORT, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74406Grumman AA5
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770330033899A
- Case key
- 152493
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 77/3/30 FRANKFORT IL GRUMMAN AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1290 TIME - 1600 N74406 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKFORT AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO IL FRANKFORT IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD WIND GUSTING 50K.WX BRIEF BY MDW TWR & ATIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74406
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frankfort Airport
N74406Registered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.