- Date
- March 21, 1979
- Place
- Burlington, VT · BURLINGTON, VT
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4501LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0661 79/3/21 BURLINGTON,VT GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 330 TIME - 1000 N4501L PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VILLENEUVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,VT BRADLEY,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4501L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Villeneuve