# Accident 19980905034529A: Gulstm AA5B, Winnsboro, SC, September 5, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1998, 11:17 local time
- Place: Winnsboro, SC
- Airport: Fairfield County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3707° N, 81.0795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3707&lon=-81.0795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28395, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28395-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 900 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905034529A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1998, AT ABOUT 1117 LOCAL TIME, A GRUMMAN AA-5B TIGER, N28395, EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS IN CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR WINNSBORO, SC. THE PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INSTRUCTOR EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THEY COULD NOT RETURN TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT (FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT) AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. (.4) RETUNRING TO THEIR HOME FIELD AFTER CONDUCTING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES, IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2,500 FEET MSL, THE PILOT AND HIS SAFETY PILOT/PASSENGER EXPERIENCED A GRADUAL LOSS OF POWER. THEY TURNED TOWARD, AND WERE GIVEN DISTANCE AND HEADINGS FROM COLUMBIA ATC TO THE NEAREST AIRFIELD WHEN THE DECIDED THEY WOULDN'T MAKE IT, AND LANDED IN A GRASS PASTURE SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION AND OPERATION OF THE ENGINE, ON THE AIRCRAFT, USING THE PRE-CRASH FUEL SOURCE, REVEALED NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF POWER.  USING THE REPORTED METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, REFERENCE TO CARBURETOR ICING CHARTS PUTS THIS FLIGHT WITHIN THE REGION LABELED, 'VISIBLE

## 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 MIA98LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA240), Sep 5, 1998: Grumman AA-5B (N28395), Winnsboro, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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