# Accident 19970806047549A: Grumman American Avn. AA-5, Jamesboug, CA, August 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: Jamesboug, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6086L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6086L-1999-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970806047549A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 07, 1997, WE (INSPECTOR ROBINSON AND INSPECTOR CARNATHAN) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF A STEEP MOUNTAIN. ONE WITNESS IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH SITE STATED THAT HE DID NOT VISUALLY SEE THE AIRCRAFT FLY BY BUT IN FACT HAD HEARD THE AUDIBLE SOUND OF THE AIRCRAFT FLYING BY HIS LOCATION. WITNESS STATED AIRCRAFT ENGINE AUDIBLE SOUNDS WERE ROUGH SIMILAR TO A HELICOPTER. MINUTES LATER WITNESS STATED HE HEARD THE IMPACT THEN SAW A FIRE. ON AUGUST 09, 1997, A COMPANY CALLED "PLANE PARTS BASED IN SACRAMENTO EXTRACTED THE WRECKAGE FROM THE HILL SIDE AND RETURNED TO THEIR SHOP TO PREPARE THE ENGINE FOR INSPECTION AND A POSSIBLE FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE ENGINE. INSPECTORS AREA CURRENTLY AWAITING THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL CHECKS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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