19810411015519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav AA5B · North Sandbridg, VA · April 11, 1981

Date
April 11, 1981 · 17:15 local
Place
North Sandbridg, VA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28457
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FA063
Reported as
Grumav AA5B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total2,000 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Aircraft stalled and crashed when pilot made low pass and pullup near a wedding party.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED WHEN PILOT MADE LOW PASS AND PULLUP NEAR A WEDDING PARTY.

NTSB investigation

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