- Date
- May 20, 1975
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6244LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750520013089A
- Case key
- 148374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 75/5/20 SCOTTSDALE,AZ GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 395 TIME - 0745 N6244L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ SCOTTSDALE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIT TAYLORCRAFT N43814 & CESSNA 210 N381DC.BOTH SUBSTL DMG.PLT SAID KNEE HIT THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6244L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsdale
N6244LRegistration cancelled May 8, 2015 · American AA-5Airframe modelAmerican AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-340 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.