Accident Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah N26306, Monday 7 May 1979
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Date:Monday 7 May 1979
Time:17:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic AA5 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah
Owner/operator:Sw Airmotive
Registration: N26306
MSN: AA5A-0491
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Jerome, Az -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Prescott,Az
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
hit canyon wall 7350ft msl.D/a aprx 9400ft.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX79FA051
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 9 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added

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