- Date
- August 28, 1976
- Place
- Murray, KY · MURRAY, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5745LAmerican AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760828034679A
- Case key
- 156198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3569 76/8/28 MURRAY,KY AMERICAN AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 572 TIME - 1415 N5745L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KYLE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURRAY,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CONT FLT INTO FLD BEYOND STRIP. TWO COWS RAN INT0 PATH OF ACFT. D/A APPROX 2990FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5745L
- Reported as
- American AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kyle Field
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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.