- Date
- October 12, 1975
- Place
- Gilman, CO · GILMAN, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5434LGrum Amer AA5
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751012034529A
- Case key
- 151158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3196 75/10/12 GILMAN,CO GRUM AMER AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N5434L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO ASPEN,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT STATED ENTRD WRNG CANYON.TRIED TO REVERSE COURSE,HAD TO LND IN TREES.DENS ALT ABT 12000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5434L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5434LRegistration cancelled May 24, 1976 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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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.