# Accident 19970602012289A: Gulstm AA5B, Avon Park, FL, June 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1997, 08:33 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5896° N, 81.5004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5896&lon=-81.5004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28297, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28297-1999-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 705 total, 378 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970602012289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENTERED ACCELLERATED STALL TRYING TO ALIGN WITH RUNWAY UNDER A LOW CEILING USING A NON FLYABLE DRUG FOR INSOMNIA. (-23) INVESTIGATION INDICATES THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF PILOT ERROR.  THE PILOT IS DECEASED. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING ABOUT 400 FT AGL AND SLOW ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 22 AT AVON PARK AIRPORT. AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO FINAL, THE NOSE AND LEFT WING WAS OBSERVED TO DROP AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED.  INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA175), Jun 2, 1997: Grumman American AA-5B (N28297), Avon Park, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed (Vso) during an approach in instrument flight conditions.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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