- Date
- April 17, 1977
- Place
- Hattiesburg, MS · HATTIESBURG, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1371RGrumman AA5
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770417008259A
- Case key
- 157761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2582 77/4/17 HATTIESBURG,MS GRUMMAN AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 86 TOTAL TIME - 0450 N1371R PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HATTIESBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HATTIESBURG,MS ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1371R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hattiesburg
N1371RRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 1977 · 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.