- Date
- September 23, 1978
- Place
- Milaca, MN · MILACA, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5824LGrumman AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780923029529A
- Case key
- 139629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 78/9/23 MILACA,MN GRUMMAN AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 55 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N5824L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWLAND FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILACA,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TALL CORN ADJACENT TO PRIVATE STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5824L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rowland Field
N5824LRegistration cancelled May 6, 1981 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.