- Date
- March 21, 1978
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9740UGrumman AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780321006319A
- Case key
- 142595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0456 78/3/21 RED BLUFF,CA GRUMMAN AA-5A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 300 TIME - 1100 N9740U PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 224 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CA RED BLUFF,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9740U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9740URegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.