- Date
- December 23, 1978
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28941Grumman AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781223040869A
- Case key
- 138458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3982 78/12/23 TEWKSBURY,MA GRUMMAN AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 205 TIME - 1245 N28941 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEWKSBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHUA,NH TEWKSBURY,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28941
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tewksbury
N28941Registration cancelled Mar 9, 1981 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.