- Date
- July 17, 1980
- Place
- Midland, MI · MIDLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5621LGrum-Amer AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800717032939A
- Case key
- 130035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1771 80/7/17 MIDLAND,MI GRUM-AMER AA-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 361 TIME - 1210 N5621L PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK BARSTOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,MI TRAVERSE CITY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PARTIAL LOSS OF ENG PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5621L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jack Barstow
N5621LRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine 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.
Other investigations on N5621L · 2
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