- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5604LAmerican AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771022035509A
- Case key
- 145549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1096 77/10/22 SOUTH BEND, IN AMERICAN AA-1 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 383 TIME - 1930 N5604L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 118 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIANA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUDINGTON, MI CAHOKIA, IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5604L
- Reported as
- American AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michiana Regional
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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