- Date
- November 29, 1980
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74494Grumman AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801129072489A
- Case key
- 127494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3581 80/11/29 TORRANCE,CA GRUMMAN AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 297 TIME - 1555 N74494 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- PARKED ACFT CESSNA 172,N1392F,DEMOLISHED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74494
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Torrance Muni
N74494Registration cancelled May 3, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N74494 · 1
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