- Date
- July 4, 1975
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1525RGrum Amer AA5-B
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750704026599A
- Case key
- 150285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2181 75/7/4 SALT LAKE CITY,UT GRUM AMER AA5-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 200 TIME - 1425 N1525R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT ENGLEWOOD,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DENSITY ALT 9000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1525R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salt Lake Intl
N1525RRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 1975 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.