- Date
- August 26, 1978
- Place
- Marietta, PA · MARIETTA, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1519RGrum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780826026459A
- Case key
- 139570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2599 78/8/26 MARIETTA,PA GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 124 TIME - 2145 N1519R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIETTA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICK,MD MARIETTA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- SKIPPED OVR RD,LNDD IN CORNFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1519R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marietta
N1519RRegistered now · 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
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.