ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3271
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Date: | Thursday 16 August 1973 |
Time: | 02:18 |
Type: | Grumman American AA-5 Traveler |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N5478L |
MSN: | AA5-0378 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Abbeville, South Carolina -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Fenandina Beach, Florida |
Destination airport: | Spartanburg International Airport, South Carolina (GSP/KGSP) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) August 16, 1973 when crashed at Abbeville, South Carolina. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. Aircraft was involved in a solo cross country navigational training exercise, but the Pilot had no previous instrument training. According to the following extract from the official NTSB report into the accident:
"PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS; ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL. PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FIRE AFTER IMPACT"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA74AM015 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA74AM015 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=85418&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=5478L 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/sc/N5478L/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-May-2016 18:06 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-May-2016 18:07 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Destination airport] |
23-May-2016 18:08 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
09-Jul-2016 18:19 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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