- Date
- April 6, 1980
- Place
- Castroville, TX · CASTROVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8894LGrum-Amer AA1B
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800406008279A
- Case key
- 131227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 80/4/6 NR.CASTROVILLE,TX GRUM-AMER AA1B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1725 N8894L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASTROVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTROVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- 2ND SOLO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8894L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Castroville Muni
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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