- Date
- May 29, 1978
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5697LGrum Amer AA1
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780529011319A
- Case key
- 142256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 78/5/29 TUCSON,AZ GRUM AMER AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 3300 TIME - 1500 N5697L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RYAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ HERMOSILLO,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 104 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- DENS ALT APRX 6000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5697L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ryan Field
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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.