- Date
- May 15, 1977
- Place
- Sheffield, TX · SHEFFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9574UGrum Amer AA5A
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770515012249A
- Case key
- 152421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0862 77/5/15 SHEFFIELD,TX GRUM AMER AA5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N9574U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 1896 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW ORLEANS,LA FT.STOCKTON,TX JUNCTION,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9574U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9574URegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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