- Date
- July 6, 1976
- Place
- Erie, PA · ERIE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5972LGrum Amer AA1
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760706020069A
- Case key
- 154499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1675 76/7/6 ERIE,PA GRUM AMER AA1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 144 TIME - 1530 N5972L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ERIE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD IN CORN FLD AT SLT ANGLE TO ROWS OF CORN.APRX 5 GAL FUEL IN R TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5972L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Erie Intl
N5972LRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2013 · American AA-1Airframe modelAmerican AA-1Engine 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.