- Date
- August 11, 1977
- Place
- Unity, MD · UNITY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9677LGrum Amer AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770811038709A
- Case key
- 145473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3932 77/8/11 UNITY,MD GRUM AMER AA1-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 294 TIME - 2145 N9677L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE PARK,MD FINDLAY OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT ON-DUTY AT LEAST 17 HRS PRIOR TO ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9677L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9677LRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 1978 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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