- Date
- April 23, 1981
- Place
- Grand Isle, LA · GRAND ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8985LGrum Amer AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810423018509A
- Case key
- 126750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0667 81/4/23 GRAND ISLE,LA GRUM AMER AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3521 TIME - 1600 N8985L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND TERRE IS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA GRAND ISLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8985L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Terre Is
N8985LRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · 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.