Grum Amer AA5A N9637U

20 June 1978 · Belhaven, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 June 1978 at about 20:20 local time, a Grum Amer AA5A registered N9637U, operated by Alfa Aviation, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Belhaven, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 June 1978 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Belhaven, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Riverside Campgnd
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grum Amer AA5A
Registration: N9637U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Alfa Aviation
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Greenville, Nc → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2023

People

4 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	4	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

T/D LONG ON 1700FT GRASS RWY.RAISED FLAPS.L/O ATLOW SPD.STRUCK TREES ON GO-ARND. 1HR LAST 90DAYS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2023, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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