- Date
- August 23, 1979
- Place
- Laurel, MT · LAUREL, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5880LGrum Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790823020049A
- Case key
- 135094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1590 79/8/23 LAUREL,MT GRUM AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 18, 154 TIME - 1400 N5880L PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAUREL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 85 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RWY UPSLOPE. DENSITY ALT 5700FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5880L
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laurel
N5880LRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2023 · American AA-5Airframe modelAmerican AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5880L · 1
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