- Date
- April 28, 1979
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9710UGrumman AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1362 79/4/28 TUCSON,AZ GRUMMAN AA-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 62 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N9710U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THURMONDS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ TUCSON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- BUSHES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9710U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thurmonds Strip
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