- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Hillsdale, IL · HILLSDALE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9397LGrum Amer AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704030109A
- Case key
- 140332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3127 78/7/4 HILLSDALE,IL GRUM AMER AA1-A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 750 TIME - 1830 N9397L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLE RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSDALE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RT FUEL TANK HAD SEVERAL GALLONS FUEL,L TANK EMPTY.FUEL SEL ON L TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9397L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cole Rla
N9397LRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N9397L · 1
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