- Date
- June 29, 1979
- Place
- Garnett, KS · GARNETT, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8861LGrumman AA1B
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790629017929I
- Case key
- 135690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1370 79/6/29 GARNETT,KS GRUMMAN AA1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1828 TIME - 1310 N8861L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1772 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNETT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTAWA,KS KANSAS CITY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WRONG TYPE VALVE KEEPERS INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8861L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garnett
N8861LRegistration cancelled May 18, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.