- Date
- August 6, 1979
- Place
- Brookings, SD · BROOKINGS, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6333LGrumman AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790806017329A
- Case key
- 135259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1950 79/8/6 BROOKINGS,SD GRUMMAN AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 497 TIME - 1910 N6333L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKINGS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKINGS,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- MAIN RUNWAY CLOSED.PILOT NOT CLEAR ON RUNWAY TO USE.USED TAXIWAY FOR TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6333L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brookings Muni
N6333LRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · American AA-1BAirframe modelAmerican AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.