Accident Grumman American AA-5 Traveler N6508L,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9587
 
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Date:Friday 5 March 1976
Time:10:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic AA5 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman American AA-5 Traveler
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N6508L
MSN: AA5-0608
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Lake Placid Airport, Lake Placid, Florida -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:West Palm Beach, Florida (PBI/LPBI)
Destination airport:Lake Placid, Florida (FAA LID: 09FA)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 05-03-1976 when stalled and spun into the ground at Lake Placid. Florida. Aircraft was circling the airport in the traffic holding pattern, when the pilot failed to maintain sufficient flying speed, causing the aircraft to stall and spin to the ground. The aircraft was destroyed in a post fire crash, and the two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: MIA76AM071
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: MIA76AM071 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=52287&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=6508L
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N6508L/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
25-Nov-2016 14:29 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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