- Date
- December 15, 1979
- Place
- Marion, MI · MARION, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39008Grumman AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791215034389A
- Case key
- 132065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3180 79/12/15 MARION,MI GRUMMAN AA-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1650 N39008 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,MI TRAVERSE CITY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 285 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39008
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N39008Registration cancelled Aug 23, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
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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.