- Date
- July 28, 1981
- Place
- Custer, SD · CUSTER, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N81272Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810728045829A
- Case key
- 123588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3326 81/7/28 CUSTER,SD GRUM-AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 340 TIME - 1200 N81272 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 279 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUSTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUSTER,SD RAPID CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 82 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ELECTED TO TKOF W 5KT TAIL WND ON DWNHILL GRADIENT.D/A APRX 8100FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81272
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Custer County
N81272Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.