19880323006379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Union City, CA · March 23, 1988

Date
March 23, 1988 · 07:45 local
Place
Union City, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N26851
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA133
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
523 total

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.

Right wing severed by power pole, aircraft crashed and burned. Pilot had been flying under low ceiling in fog.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT WING SEVERED BY POWER POLE, AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED. PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING UNDER LOW CEILING IN FOG.

NTSB investigation

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