- Date
- November 13, 1977
- Place
- Hornell, NY · HORNELL, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8969LGrum Amer AA1-B
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771113037939A
- Case key
- 144720
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3836 77/11/13 HORNELL,NY GRUM AMER AA1-B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N8969L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORNELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HORNELL,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8969L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hornell
N8969LRegistration cancelled Dec 19, 2015 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine 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.
Other investigations on N8969L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA15LA276Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLititz, PAA partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine found no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.NTSB NYC81FGT13Accident · No injuriesClosedMarietta, PANTSB NYC75FFA36Accident · No injuriesClosedNew Paltz, NY