- Date
- May 6, 1979
- Place
- Mountville, PA · MOUNTVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6404LGrumman AA1
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790506009009A
- Case key
- 136283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1109 79/5/6 MOUNTVILLE,PA GRUMMAN AA1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 425 TIME - 1556 N6404L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 399 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,NJ ELIZABETHTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- 6GALS FOUND L FUEL TANK. NO FUEL FOUND IN LINE FROM FUEL SELECTOR TO ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6404L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabethtown
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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.