19961229040739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Banning, CA · December 29, 1996

Date
December 29, 1996 · 11:15 local
Place
Banning, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9944U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97LA079
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
860 total49 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.

Engine sputtered en route. Struck power line changing fuel tanks. Observed low in canyon. Fuel tanks leaking fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SPUTTERED EN ROUTE. STRUCK POWER LINE CHANGING FUEL TANKS. OBSERVED LOW IN CANYON. FUEL TANKS LEAKING FUEL.

NTSB investigation

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