- Date
- August 22, 1976
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7133LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760822025469A
- Case key
- 155446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2498 76/8/22 ALLENTOWN,PA GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N7133L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 823 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN ABE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA DAYTON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENGINE DID NOT DEVELOPE FULL POWER ON TAKE-OFF,ABORTED,STRUCK FENCE.SPARK PLUG FOUND TO BE FOULED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7133L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown Abe
N7133LRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.