- Date
- December 6, 1976
- Place
- Ft.Sumner, NM · FT.SUMNER, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7100LGrum Amer AA5
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761206039599A
- Case key
- 152525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3764 76/12/6 FT.SUMNER,NM GRUM AMER AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 254 TIME - 2205 N7100L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSWELL,NM FT.SUMNER,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT CONTINUED FLT WITH APPROX 350 FT OF WIRE ON TAIL.LANDED AT ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7100L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7100LRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 1999 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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Other investigations on N7100L · 1
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