- Date
- March 10, 1979
- Place
- Oxford, NC · OXFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1395RGrumman AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790310004489A
- Case key
- 137294
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 79/3/10 OXFORD,NC GRUMMAN AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2343 TIME - 0630 N1395R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CURVED ROAD,NC OXFORD,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1395R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1395RRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1395R · 1
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