- Date
- February 5, 1978
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9892LGrum Amer AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780205002299A
- Case key
- 143642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0157 78/2/5 FORT WAYNE,IN GRUM AMER AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N9892L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9892L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith Field
N9892LRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2023 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.