- Date
- December 14, 1976
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6278LAmerican AA1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761214040109A
- Case key
- 156592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3886 76/12/14 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK AMERICAN AA1B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 6143 TIME - 1840 N6278L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXPRESSWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUTHRIE,OK OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6278L
- Reported as
- American AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Expressway
N6278LRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 1977 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6278L · 1
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