- Date
- February 2, 1980
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N26673Grum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800202001789A
- Case key
- 134879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0941 80/2/2 ATLANTA,GA GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 343 TIME - 1401 N26673 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB PEACHTREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26673
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dekalb Peachtree
N26673Registration cancelled Oct 1, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A
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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.