- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Jackson, TN · JACKSON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1375RGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780910033529A
- Case key
- 139750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2891 78/9/10 JACKSON,TN GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1551 N1375R PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKELLAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NATCHEZ,MI BEDFORD,IN JACKSON,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- FOLLOWING NAVY P-3 ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1375R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mckellar
N1375RRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.