- Date
- May 23, 1977
- Place
- San Luis Obspo, CA · SAN LUIS OBSPO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81003Grum Amer AA5-B
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770523029969A
- Case key
- 147303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2186 77/5/23 NR.SAN LUIS OBSPO,CA GRUM AMER AA5-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 190 TIME - 2230 N81003 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KENO NV SANTA MONICA CA. COALINGA,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 5/31/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81003
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N81003Registration cancelled Nov 8, 1977 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.