- Date
- April 18, 1979
- Place
- Oriskany, NY · ORISKANY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39006Grum Amer AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790418018929A
- Case key
- 135319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1943 79/4/18 ORISKANY,NY GRUM AMER AA-1C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N39006 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 29, 9300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 351 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - 0NEIDA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEBANON,NH DURHAMVILLE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL ON L TANK WHICH WAS FOUND EMPTY,R TANK LEAKED,IMPACT DMG.BUSHING IN L AILERON BRG MISSING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39006
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- 0neida County
N39006Registered now · 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.