- Date
- May 15, 1979
- Place
- Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17MFGrumman AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790515008979A
- Case key
- 136203
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1001 79/5/15 ROSAMOND,CA GRUMMAN AA-1C CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0825 N17MF PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 1984 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 262 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSAMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSAMOND,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17MF
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rosamond
N17MFRegistration cancelled Feb 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.