- Date
- August 10, 1980
- Place
- Farmington, MO · FARMINGTON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9897LGrum-Amer AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800810034919A
- Case key
- 129603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2116 80/8/10 FARMINGTON,MO GRUM-AMER AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 125 TIME - 1050 N9897L PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARMINGTON RGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LEXINGTON,KY MESA,AZ FARMINGTON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT FENCE IN PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9897L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farmington Rgnl
N9897LRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9897L · 1
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