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Grum Amer AA5 N6071L

4 October 1978 · Littleton, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 4 October 1978 at about 18:18 local time, a Grum Amer AA5 registered N6071L was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Littleton, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:18
Classification
Accident
Location
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Stapleton Intl
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Grum Amer AA5
Registration
N6071L
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Route
S → Arapahoe Co Arpt, Co
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-4417

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 2 1 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

#3 CYL FATIGUE, METAL FOLDS BETWEEN BARREL FINS.TRIED TO REACH ARAPAHOE,11MI S OF STAPLETON.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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All 34 records for this type

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