- Date
- March 25, 1978
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9533LGruman AA5
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780325010309I
- Case key
- 141611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0003 78/3/25 RALEIGH,NC GRUMAN AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 298 TIME - 1100 N9533L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC MILLVILLE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- AILERON FLUTTER.3 OTHER PLTS FLYING SIMILAR MODELS EXPERIENCED FLUTTER WHEN FLYING IN RAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9533L
- Reported as
- Gruman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N9533LRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · 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.