- Date
- October 1, 1976
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74110Grum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761001030669A
- Case key
- 155259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2723 76/10/1 NR.BIG BEAR CITY,CA GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1606 TIME - 1000 N74110 PX- 0 1 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG BEAR CITY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOW SLOW FLT 200FT AGL. ENCNTRD DOWNDRAFT. D/A ABT 8100FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74110
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N74110Registration cancelled Jun 4, 2022 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.