- Date
- October 6, 1979
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81129Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791006027849A
- Case key
- 202523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2502 79/10/6 ELSINORE,CA GRUM-AMER AA-5B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 200 TIME - 1115 N81129 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYLARK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA ELSINORE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81129
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Skylark Field
N81129Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.