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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA5B · Heber City, UT · March 21, 1983

Date
March 21, 1983 · 07:38 local
Place
Heber City, UT
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4520V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83LA082
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,469 total153 in this make and model150 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.

Unable to outclimb rising terrain. Crash landed on a snowy slope. Pilot failed to note situation until too late.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. CRASH LANDED ON A SNOWY SLOPE. PILOT FAILED TO NOTE SITUATION UNTIL TOO LATE.

NTSB investigation

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