- Date
- December 28, 1977
- Place
- Anaconda, MT · ANACONDA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9968UGrum Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771228041519A
- Case key
- 144353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3796 77/12/28 ANACONDA,MT GRUM AMER AA-5A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 33, 194 TIME - 0640 N9968U PX- 1 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANACONDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANACONDA,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF IN DARKNESS,HEAVY FOG VICINITY OF ARPT.CRASHED AFTER TKOF IN DESCENDING RT TURN.FND 12/30/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9968U
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anaconda
N9968URegistration cancelled Feb 16, 1978 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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