- Date
- June 12, 1978
- Place
- Angwin, CA · ANGWIN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N74494Grum Amer AA5B
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780612032559A
- Case key
- 141414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1754 78/6/12 ANGWIN,CA GRUM AMER AA5B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 23 TOTAL TIME - 2245 N74494 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGWIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT REPORTED ENG MISSING,RUNNING ROUGH.LNDD ADJ TO UNLIT RWY,HIT WINDSOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74494
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Angwin
N74494Registration cancelled May 3, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N74494 · 1
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