- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Bay City, MI · BAY CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6408LGrumman AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219003169A
- Case key
- 143733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0163 78/2/19 BAY CITY,MI GRUMMAN AA1-A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N6408L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMES CLEMENTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY CITY,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- VFR GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6408L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- James Clements
N6408LRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6408L · 1
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