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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Grumav AA-5B · Eagle Lake, TX · November 29, 1981

Date
November 29, 1981 · 21:00 local
Place
Eagle Lake, TX
Airport
Eagle Lake
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28781
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82DA024
Reported as
Grumav AA5B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot continued into deteriorating weather and crashed during radar vectors to nearby airport.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND CRASHED DURING RADAR VECTORS TO NEARBY AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

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