NTSB Identification: FTW87LA153.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 34499.
Accident occurred Friday, June 26, 1987 in MARIETTA, OK
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/25/1988
Aircraft: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5A, registration: N9874U
Injuries: 4 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG TAKEOFF FM A GRASS RWY, THE ACFT STALLED AFTER CLIMBING ABOUT 10 FT AGL. HE SAID THAT TORQUE PULLED THE NOSE OF THE ACFT TO THE LEFT & HE TRIED TO RECOVER. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT & THE ACFT HIT THE TOPS OF TREES, THEN FELL TO THE GND IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRSPEED..NOT OBTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
LIFT-OFF..PREMATURE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
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