- Date
- September 21, 1981
- Place
- Marietta, PA · MARIETTA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8969LAmer Avco AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810921061469A
- Case key
- 123751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2012 81/9/21 MARIETTA,PA AMER AVCO AA-1B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N8969L PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- RAN OFF RGT SIDE OF RWY INTO TALL CORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8969L
- Reported as
- Amer Avco AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabethtown
N8969LRegistration cancelled Dec 19, 2015 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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 N8969L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA15LA276Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLititz, PAA partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine found no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.NTSB NYC78DFJ10Accident · No injuriesClosedHornell, NYNTSB NYC75FFA36Accident · No injuriesClosedNew Paltz, NY