- Date
- July 24, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Little Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1338RGrumman AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840724034379A
- Case key
- 12414
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during a takeoff attempt. The low time plt was using a grass rwy for the 1st time without an instructor. The acft was rotated prematurely and assumed a nose high attitude. According to one witness the acft was 'behind the power curve' from takeoff to crash. The husband of the plt, who saw the accident from across the arpt, said that the acft was goind slower than he expected. An ag plt who saw the accident stated the acft climbed steeper until it was vertical, did a wing over (hammerhead) and dove straight into the ground where it burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1338R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-073
- Airframe hours
- 1,816
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LXL · Little Falls, MN
- Airport
- LXL · Little Falls, runway 18, 3,000 × 170 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 30 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.