- Date
- June 10, 1978
- Place
- Wiscasset, ME · WISCASSET, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8993LGrumman AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780610016169A
- Case key
- 141494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1867 78/6/10 WISCASSET,ME GRUMMAN AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N8993L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WISCASSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESQUE ISLE,ME BRUNSWICK,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED OVERSHOT RWY AFTER CIRCLING IT WITH ENGINE OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8993L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiscasset
N8993LRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 1989 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8993L · 1
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