- Date
- April 9, 1980
- Place
- Moraga, CA · MORAGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78EMGrum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 2000
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800409008659A
- Case key
- 130923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1378 80/4/9 MORAGA,CA GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 200 TIME - 0830 N78EM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,CA SAN CARLOS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 4 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 160 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WX BRIEFING DID NOT INCLUDE ENROUTE CONDITIONS.RECOVERY DATE 4/10/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78EM
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N78EMRegistration cancelled Dec 9, 1985 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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