- Date
- December 18, 1977
- Place
- West Realitos, TX · WEST REALITOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1605RGrum-Amer AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771218040899A
- Case key
- 143832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3869 77/12/18 WEST REALITOS,TX GRUM-AMER AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N1605R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX CORPUS CHRISTI,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1605R
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1605RRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.
Other investigations on N1605R · 1
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