- Date
- February 22, 1979
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9871UStolamph AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790222003429A
- Case key
- 137858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0196 79/2/22 BIG BEAR CITY,CA STOLAMPH CO AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 334 TIME - 0755 N9871U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG BEAR CITY,CA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FROST OBSERVED ON ACFT IN PARKING LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9871U
- Reported as
- Stolamph AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Big Bear
N9871URegistration cancelled Mar 23, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A
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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.