- Date
- January 9, 1976
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL · ORMOND BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8996LGrum Amer AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760109002979A
- Case key
- 152240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0086 76/1/9 ORMOND BEACH,FL GRUM AMER AA1-B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1205 N8996L PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORMOND BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTONA BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT RESTRICTED ACROBATIC MANEUVERS.ACFT OBSVD IN TWO LOOPS.NO RCVRY ACTIONS OBSVD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8996L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ormond Beach Muni
N8996LRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 1976 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.