- Date
- February 11, 1979
- Place
- West Seneca, NY · WEST SENECA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8990LGrumman AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790211002739A
- Case key
- 137026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0688 79/2/11 WEST SENECA,NY GRUMMAN AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 160 TIME - 1330 N8990L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT WEST SENECA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HIGH VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TWO IGNITION LEAD BREAK DOWN AT 800 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8990L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Airpark
N8990LRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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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.