- Date
- May 29, 1978
- Place
- Antioch, IL · ANTIOCH, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1505RGrum Amer AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780529027199A
- Case key
- 141631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3465 78/5/29 ANTIOCH,IL GRUM AMER AA1-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 138 TIME - 0915 N1505R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIOCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANTIOCH,IL CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1505R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Antioch
N1505RRegistration cancelled Jun 20, 1981 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.