- Date
- June 10, 1978
- Place
- Kettle Falls, WA · KETTLE FALLS, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-GMWCGrum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0011 78/6/10 NR.KETTLE FALLS,WA GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1925 TIME - 1130 C-GMWC PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTLEGAR,BC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES OVER COLUMBIA RIVER AT 70 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GMWC
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed