- Date
- March 19, 1977
- Place
- Clifton, ID · CLIFTON, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7198LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1987
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770319007669A
- Case key
- 157689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0480 77/3/19 CLIFTON,ID GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 140 TIME - 0230 N7198L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REXBURG,ID LOGAN,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- AREA OUTLOOK FOR IDAHO RPTD MTNS FREQUENTLY OBSCURED W SNOW SHOWERS - MARGINAL VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7198L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7198LRegistration cancelled Jun 20, 1977 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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Other investigations on N7198L · 1
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