- Date
- July 21, 1976
- Place
- Kilgore, TX · KILGORE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1395RGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760721020209A
- Case key
- 154389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1735 76/7/21 KILGORE,TX GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 126 TIME - 1825 N1395R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KILGORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX LONGVIEW,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1395R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kilgore
N1395RRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1395R · 1
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