- Date
- March 6, 1978
- Place
- Waukesha, WI · WAUKESHA, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8871LGrumman AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780306004379A
- Case key
- 158604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0283 78/3/6 WAUKESHA,WI GRUMMAN AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N8871L PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 47, 409 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKESHA CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUKESHA,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON RT TANK,LEFT TANK CONTAINED FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8871L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waukesha Co
N8871LRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 1978 · 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.