- Date
- September 3, 1981
- Place
- Independence, CA · INDEPENDENCE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5874LGulf Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810903055199A
- Case key
- 123957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2403 81/9/3 NR. INDEPENDENCE,CA GULF AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 206 TIME - 0725 N5874L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VACAVILLE,CA NEEDLES,CA INDEPENDENCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5874L
- Reported as
- Gulf Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5874LRegistration cancelled May 13, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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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.
Other investigations on N5874L · 1
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