19821211063509A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-1B · Summersville, WV · December 11, 1982

Date
December 11, 1982 · 18:00 local
Place
Summersville, WV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1621R
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83FA060
Reported as
Gulstm AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total15 in this make and model23 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.

Student pilot departed at dusk into deteriorating weather with snow,fog and low clouds. Flew into a mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED AT DUSK INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER WITH SNOW,FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. FLEW INTO A MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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