- Date
- February 11, 1979
- Place
- Plymouth, FL · PLYMOUTH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28671Amer Avco AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790211011759A
- Case key
- 137184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1173 79/2/11 NR.PLYMOUTH,FL AMER AVCO AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1825 N28671 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 544 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- LEAD ACFT OF 3 PLANES ENGAGED IN TAIL CHASE.ATTEMPTED TURN AT ALT INSUFFICIENT FOR WGTP CLEARANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28671
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N28671Registration cancelled Mar 13, 1979 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.