# NTSB SEA78FA015: Grum Amer AA-5A, N9968U, Anaconda, MT, December 28, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 28, 1977
- Place: Anaconda, MT · ANACONDA, MT
- Location: 46.1285° N, 112.9423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anaconda, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1285&lon=-112.9423&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144353
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA78FA015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9968U-1978-02-16), registration cancelled 1978-02-16, S/N AA5A-0368, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUM AMER AA-5A
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (registry code 3960106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Anaconda

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19771228041519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771228041519A), Dec 28, 1977: Gulstm AA5, Anaconda, MT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tkof in darkness,heavy fog vicinity of arpt. Crashed after tkof in descending rt turn. Fnd 12/30/77.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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