- Date
- July 13, 1978
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39002Grum Amer AA1C
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780713027309A
- Case key
- 140729
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2084 78/7/13 PRESCOTT,AZ GRUM AMER AA1C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 200 TIME - 0020 N39002 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREES,POLES IN RESIDENTIAL AREA,5200FT MSL,7MI FROM DEPARTURE ARPT WHICH IS 5042FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39002
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N39002Registration cancelled Mar 8, 2011 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-235 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.