- Date
- August 7, 1979
- Place
- Gunnison, CO · GUNNISON, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5455LGrumman AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790807024709A
- Case key
- 133709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3278 79/8/7 GUNNISON,CO GRUMMAN AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 149 TIME - 0810 N5455L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNNISON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUNNISON,CO GRAND CANYON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- SCREWS HOLDING SEAT WERE AN10-32,PARTS CAT USED NAS221-10.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5455L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gunnison
N5455LRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 1989 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.