- Date
- September 5, 1978
- Place
- Cortland, NY · CORTLAND, NY
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74355Grum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780905028239A
- Case key
- 139798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2972 78/9/5 CORTLAND,NY GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 637 TIME - 1020 N74355 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 297 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORTLAND COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,NY BINGHAMTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74355
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cortland County
N74355Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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