- Date
- April 15, 1977
- Place
- Junction City, KS · JUNCTION CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9217LGrum Amer AA1-A
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770415007349A
- Case key
- 157340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0575 77/4/15 JUNCTION CITY,KS GRUM AMER AA1-A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N9217L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JUNCTION CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JUNCTION CITY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9217L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Junction City
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Other investigations on N9217L · 1
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