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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Big Bear Lake, CA · February 22, 1979

Date
February 22, 1979 · 07:55 local
Place
Big Bear Lake, CA
Airport
Big Bear
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9871U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUG18
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
334 total8 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted takeoff at 6700 ft altitude with frost on wings. Acft settled onto ice and snow covered lake.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AT 6700 FT ALTITUDE WITH FROST ON WINGS.ACFT SETTLED ONTO ICE AND SNOW COVERED LAKE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.