- Date
- December 20, 1974
- Place
- California, MD · CALIFORNIA, MD
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9516LGrumman AA5
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741220040049A
- Case key
- 142888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3884 74/12/20 CALIFORNIA,MD GRUMMAN AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 128 TIME - 2010 N9516L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST MARYS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA CALIFORNIA,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE REMARKS- CARB HEAT CTL IN HEAT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9516L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Marys County
N9516LRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2005 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.