- Date
- November 8, 1978
- Place
- Meeteetse, WY · MEETEETSE, WY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28406Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781108044309A
- Case key
- 138120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4421 78/11/8 NR.MEETEETSE,WY GRUM-AMER AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 82 TOTAL TIME - 2017 N28406 PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CODY,WY IDAHO FALLS,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WITNESS STATED-WX COND DETERIORATING.W STRONG SW WND,LGT RAIN,ALMOST SLEET,MOON PART CVRD BY CLDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28406
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N28406Registration cancelled Dec 23, 1981 · 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.