19880530071439A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-1B · Dover, PA · May 30, 1988

Date
May 30, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Dover, PA
Airport
Lazy B Ranch Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9981L
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA148
Reported as
Gulstm AA1B
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
234 total125 in this make and model3 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.

Unable to climb out of ground effect due to nose high liftoff warm and humid. Tail hit sign. Settled into a fence.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF GROUND EFFECT DUE TO NOSE HIGH LIFTOFF WARM AND HUMID. TAIL HIT SIGN. SETTLED INTO A FENCE.

NTSB investigation

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