- Date
- October 27, 1978
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28411Grumman AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781027034089A
- Case key
- 137955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4162 78/10/27 VERO BEACH,FL GRUMMAN AA-5B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 21, TIME - 1546 N28411 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 10 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- UNAUTHOZIZED USE OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28411
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vero Beach Muni
N28411Registration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N28411 · 1
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