- Date
- July 16, 1980
- Place
- Plain Dealing, LA · PLAIN DEALING, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9784UGrum-Amer AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800716025759A
- Case key
- 130378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0807 80/7/16 NR.PLAIN DEALING,LA GRUM-AMER AA-1C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 150 TIME - 0920 N9784U PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHREVEPORT,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9784U
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9784URegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9784U · 1
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