- Date
- September 6, 1981
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6283LGrum Amer AA-1B
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810906055519A
- Case key
- 123508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2869 81/9/6 TEWKSBURY,MA GRUM AMER AA-1B CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 55 TOTAL TIME - 0745 N6283L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEWKSBURY,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) COPILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT BCM DISORIENTED,ASKED NON-INST RATED PLT/PAX TO TAKE CTL.PAX NOT FAM W ACFT,UN LND FM R SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6283L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
N6283LRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 1982 · 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.