- Date
- September 16, 1978
- Place
- Bear Valley, CA · BEAR VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9812UGrum Amer AA-1C
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780916036839A
- Case key
- 139882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3168 78/9/16 BEAR VALLEY,CA GRUM AMER AA-1C CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 43 TOTAL TIME - 1032 N9812U PX- 1 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAR VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,CA BEAR VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DA APRX 9600FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9812U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bear Valley
N9812URegistration cancelled Apr 15, 1982 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1C
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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.