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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Hendersonville, NC · February 3, 1992

Date
February 3, 1992 · 11:15 local
Place
Hendersonville, NC
Airport
Ritter Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N26924
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,800 total450 in this make and model70 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.

Did not have enough airspeed to clear powerlines on climb. Descended and landed in field. Hit fence posts.

As the FAA filed it

DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO CLEAR POWERLINES ON CLIMB. DESCENDED AND LANDED IN FIELD. HIT FENCE POSTS.