- Date
- May 31, 1980
- Place
- Sussex, NJ · SUSSEX, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1480RGrum Amer AA-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800531026349A
- Case key
- 131299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 80/5/31 SUSSEX,NJ GRUM AMER AA-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N1480R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUSSEX,NJ BENNINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - RAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1480R
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1480RRegistration cancelled Feb 19, 1997 · 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.
Other investigations on N1480R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW83FA319Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportNewport, ARThe acft remained low after takeoff and after a turn continued north out of sight of witnesses and did not reappear. It collided with the bottom two strands of a powerline which were severed by the propeller. The acft fuselage came to rest 162 ft beyond the…NTSB NYC78FGM47Accident · No injuriesClosedMckeesport, PA