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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA5A · Kamuela, HI · April 8, 1984

Date
April 8, 1984 · 15:10 local
Place
Kamuela, HI
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N26413
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84FA251
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2G
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
113 total29 in this make and model24 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.

Flew into side of a cloud obscured mountain. Empty beer cans in wreckage. Alcohol in pilots blood.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. EMPTY BEER CANS IN WRECKAGE. ALCOHOL IN PILOTS BLOOD.

NTSB investigation

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