- Date
- July 15, 1979
- Place
- Au Gres, MI · AU GRES, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7104LGrum-Amer AA-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790715018069A
- Case key
- 135242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1726 79/7/15 AU GRES,MI GRUM-AMER AA-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 600 TIME - 2120 N7104L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AU GRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MACKINAC IS,MI FLUSHING,MI AU GRES,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FULL FLAP TKOF.2200 FT RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7104L
- Reported as
- Grum-Amer AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Au Gres
N7104LRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.