- Date
- September 5, 1978
- Place
- Fitchburg, MA · FITCHBURG, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26393Grum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780905029789A
- Case key
- 139867
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2958 78/9/5 FITCHBURG,MA GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N26393 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FITCHBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOW,MA FITCHBURG,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO.BOUNCED FIRST LNDG PORPOISED ON SECOND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26393
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fitchburg
N26393Registration cancelled Jul 25, 2011 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.