Aviation Crash Map

Grum Amer AA1-G N9584U

12 November 1978 · Kernville, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 12 November 1978 at about 14:40 local time, a Grum Amer AA1-G registered N9584U, operated by Alpha AVN Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Kernville, 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 14:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Kernville, California, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Grum Amer AA1-G
Registration
N9584U
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Alpha AVN Inc.
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Van Nuys, Ca → Van Nuys, Ca
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3927

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

ACFT DECENDED VERTICALLY THROUGH TREES IN A FLATUPRIGHT ATTITUDE WHILE ROTATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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