- Date
- July 30, 1976
- Place
- West Chester, PA · WEST CHESTER, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9683UGrum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760730025269A
- Case key
- 155445
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2496 76/7/30 WEST CHESTER,PA GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 100 TIME - 1230 N9683U PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLVILLE,NJ WELLAND,CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- TKOF ON CLOSED UPSLOPE RWY 35.TALL WEEDS AND GRASS IMPEDED ACCELERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9683U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Chester
N9683URegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine 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.