- Date
- September 13, 1979
- Place
- Mt Airy, MD · MT AIRY, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31NAGrumman AA1C
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790913030589A
- Case key
- 133547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2653 79/9/13 MT AIRY,MD GRUMMAN AA1C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N31NA PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 8624 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 557 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE, MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- INST PILOT DEMO EMERGENCY LAND OPEN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31NA
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N31NARegistration cancelled Apr 9, 1980 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
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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.