- Date
- December 11, 1976
- Place
- Wainiha, HI · WAINIHA, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5910LYankee AA1
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761211040539A
- Case key
- 156755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3739 76/12/11 NR.WAINIHA,HI YANKEE AA1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 60 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N5910L PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRINCEVILLE KAUAI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT WAS SEEN AT 100 FT ALT HEADED INTO RISING MOUNTAINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5910L
- Reported as
- Yankee AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.