- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5856LGrumman AA5
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317006149A
- Case key
- 137029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0699 79/3/17 FARMINGDALE,NY GRUMMAN AA5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 166 TIME - 1230 N5856L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME FARMINGDALE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5856L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
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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.