- Date
- November 7, 1978
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9424LGrumman AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781107040649A
- Case key
- 138382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3727 78/11/7 MILWAUKEE,WI GRUMMAN AA1-A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 57, 67 TOTAL TIME - 1706 N9424L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONTROLLERS STATED PLT APPEARED CONFUSED IN PATTERN SO CLEARED TO LAND ANY RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9424L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- General Mitchell
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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.