- Date
- March 17, 1978
- Place
- Sandusky, OH · SANDUSKY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1552RGrum Amer AA5-B
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780317040439A
- Case key
- 141636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3556 78/3/17 SANDUSKY,OH GRUM AMER AA5-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 46 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N1552R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFING-SANDUSKY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDUSKY,OH TOLEDO,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NO RECORD OF PLT BEING CHECKED OUT IN ACFT OR X-COUNTRY PROC AS PER CLUB REGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1552R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Griffing-Sandusky
N1552RRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 1978 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.