19851109056799A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Gold Run, CA · November 9, 1985

Date
November 9, 1985 · 17:57 local
Place
Gold Run, CA
Airport
Truckee Tahoe
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28495
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86FA038
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Flew into mountainous area at night with low clouds and visibility in snow showers. Impacted trees, then ground.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO MOUNTAINOUS AREA AT NIGHT WITH LOW CLOUDS AND VISIBILITY IN SNOW SHOWERS. IMPACTED TREES, THEN GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N28495 · 1

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