- Date
- May 8, 1977
- Place
- Darlington, MD · DARLINGTON, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5748LGrum Amer AA1
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770508011089A
- Case key
- 147081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1745 77/5/8 DARLINGTON,MD GRUM AMER AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 283 TIME - 1130 N5748L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHURCHVILLE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED IN FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5748L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5748LRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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