- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Tamsworth, NH · TAMSWORTH, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9544UGrum Amer AA1-C
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625036779A
- Case key
- 140268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3242 78/6/25 TAMSWORTH,NH GRUM AMER AA1-C CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1751 N9544U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 21, 831 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 187 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LACONIA,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 20000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CONT FLT OVR RUGGED MTNS TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9544U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA1-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9544URegistration cancelled Jan 7, 2011 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1CEngine 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.