- Date
- March 25, 1979
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8894LGrumman AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790325009809A
- Case key
- 137442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0422 79/3/25 SAN ANTONIO,TX GRUMMAN AA-1B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N8894L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 53, 4185 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTSIDE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- N45KN SUBS DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8894L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westside Airpark
N8894LRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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 N8894L · 1
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