- Date
- May 18, 1977
- Place
- Placerville, CA · PLACERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9449LGrum Amer AA-1A
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770518018109A
- Case key
- 147621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1509 77/5/18 NR.PLACERVILLE,CA GRUM AMER AA-1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 76 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N9449L PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OXNARD,CA S LK TAHOE,CA JACKSON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SNOW FLURRIES.ATMTD 180DEG TURN,HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9449L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9449LRegistration cancelled Sep 7, 1977 · American AA-1AAirframe modelAmerican AA-1AEngine 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.