19970131001169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Hampton, VA · January 31, 1997

Date: January 31, 1997 · 17:00 local
Place: Hampton, VA
Airport: Langley Afb
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9598L
Reported as: Gulstm AA5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total50 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N9598LRegistration cancelled Sep 1, 2000 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5S/N AA5-0598 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5

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.

Narrative: on final to lfi, the pilot attempted to add power, but the engine would not respond. The pilot could not maintain altitude and landed short of runway in the river. The outside air temperature and dewpoint were both in range to be conducive to carburetor ice. The investigation indicated adequate fuel oil.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FINAL TO LFI, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN THE RIVER. THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT WERE BOTH IN RANGE TO BE CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICE. THE INVESTIGATION INDICATED ADEQUATE FUEL OIL.

Other reports on N9598L · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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