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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Orlando, FL · August 2, 1979

Date
August 2, 1979 · 23:15 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Herndon
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9789U
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA110
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
766 total696 in this make and model0 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.

Acft observed spinning. Rear seat passenger was choking on food. Crashed on climbout from night takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT OBSERVED SPINNING. REAR SEAT PASSENGER WAS CHOKING ON FOOD. CRASHED ON CLIMBOUT FROM NIGHT TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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