- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Princeton, TX · PRINCETON, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9503LGrum-Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916036359A
- Case key
- 133122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3326 79/9/16 PRINCETON,TX GRUM-AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N9503L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAVON NORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCETON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- PLT STATED-LEFT WING DROPPED AFTER HE SAW PWR LINES AT END OF RWY & APPLIED BACK PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9503L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lavon North
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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.