- Date
- September 3, 1979
- Place
- Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9293LGrum-Amer AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790903035209A
- Case key
- 134183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2664 79/9/3 COLUMBIA,CA GRUM-AMER AA1-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 300 TIME - 1530 N9293L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9293L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia
FAA reports on this event · 1
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