- Date
- December 12, 1976
- Place
- Dorado, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9954LGrum Amer AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761212042379A
- Case key
- 152530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3768 76/12/12 NR.DORADO,PR GRUM AMER AA-1B CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N9954L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 1936 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 806 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED WHILE MAKING LOW PASSES OVER DUAL STUDENT'S RESIDENCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9954L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.