- Date
- July 4, 1977
- Place
- Rutherfordton, NC · RUTHERFORDTON, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N920JLGrum Amer AA5
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770704017939A
- Case key
- 146499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1487 77/7/4 RUTHERFORDTON,NC GRUM AMER AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 148 TIME - 1850 N920JL PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUTHERFORDTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N920JL
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rutherford County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N920JL · 1
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