- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Roselawn, IN · ROSELAWN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9585UGrumman AA1C
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908028639A
- Case key
- 133975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2405 79/9/8 ROSELAWN,IN GRUMMAN AA1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 101 TIME - 1405 N9585U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAKED CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENSSELAER,IN MATTOON,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH DURING FLT SO HE ELECTED TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9585U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Naked City
N9585URegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1CEngine 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.