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Grum Amer AA-1C N9812U

16 September 1978 · Bear Valley, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 September 1978 at about 10:32 local time, a Grum Amer AA-1C registered N9812U, operated by Western Aero, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Bear Valley, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 10:32
Classification
Accident
Location
Bear Valley, California, United States
Nearest airport
Bear Valley
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Grum Amer AA-1C
Registration
N9812U
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Western Aero
Operating rule
Flying School
Purpose of flight
Training
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Columbia, Ca → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3168

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DA APRX 9600FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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21 Jun 1978 Grum Amer AA-1C
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26 Aug 1978 Grum Amer AA-1C
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10 May 1979 Grum-Amer AA-1C
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no coordinates
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18 Apr 1979 Grum Amer AA-1C
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no coordinates
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no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
13 Oct 1979 Grum Amer AA-1C
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
- Minor injuries -

All 9 records for this type

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