- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- Naperville, IL · NAPERVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26368Grumman AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1159 81/4/17 NAPERVILLE,IL GRUMMAN AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 122 TIME - 2310 N26368 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,KY PLAINFIELD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-FUEL EXHAUSTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R FUEL QNTY GAUGE INDCD 1/4 FULL.HIT PWR LN,NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26368
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N26368Registered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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