- Date
- March 2, 1978
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9928UGrum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780302002169A
- Case key
- 143792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0325 78/3/2 GREENSBORO,NC GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 117 TIME - 1615 N9928U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NORTH KINGSTON,RI GREENSBORO,NC RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- DESTINATION ARPT IFR,STALLED ONTO RWY AT ALTERNATE IN MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS.5 1/2HR X-COUNTRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9928U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Air Harbor
N9928URegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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