- Date
- August 29, 1977
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8980LGrum Amer AA1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770829034139A
- Case key
- 145567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4025 77/8/29 TEWKSBURY,MA GRUM AMER AA1B CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 236 TIME - 1400 N8980L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEWKSBURY,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- STUDENT MADE HARD LNDG.IP MADE TKOF CONCERNED ABT POS DMG,OVERSHOT APP,GO-AROUND,DRIFTED ON LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8980L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
N8980LRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.