- Date
- October 21, 1978
- Place
- Roche Harbor, WA · ROCHE HARBOR, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28924Grum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781021033599A
- Case key
- 138977
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2914 78/10/21 ROCHE HARBOR,WA GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 117 TIME - 2030 N28924 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHE HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHE HARBOR,WA EVERETT,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES STATED LCL WX AS HIGH THIN OVCST,PATCHY FOG OR SCUD MOVING IN FM EAST,NO MOON VISIBLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28924
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Roche Harbor
N28924Registration cancelled Jan 15, 1979 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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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.