# Accident 19990801010179A: Amrgen AA1B, Hilliard, FL, August 1, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hilliard, FL
- Airport: Hilliard Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6898° N, 81.9199° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6898&lon=-81.9199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9888L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9888L-2002-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990801010179A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE PASSENGER HAS SERIOUS INJURIES, THE ACFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23)PILOT KEVIN BRUCE MOORE, 265048026, PRIVATE PILOT WAS FLYING LEFT SEAT. RT SEAT CFI DRESSLER, GORDON ALBERT 196521, ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM GRASS AIRFIELD-HIILIARD AIRPARK IN GRUMANN GA-AA-1B WITH TEMP 102 DEGREE AND TREES 40'-60' AT END OF RUNWAY. HIT TREES, COMING TO AN ABRUBT STOP UPSIDE DOWN. 1 FATAL-DRESSLER.1 SERIOUS-MOORE.

## 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 MIA99FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA208), Aug 1, 1999: Gulfstream American AA-1B (N9888L), Hilliard, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to obtain notams and his improper planning and decision to use a closed runway for takeoff with tall trees on the departure end, resulting in a subsequent collision with the trees.

## Other reports on N9888L (1)

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

- [Incident 19851124057999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851124057999I), Nov 24, 1985: Gulstm AA1B (N9888L), Merrimack, MA, Minor damage. Landed on a road after engine failure at night. Unreported cause. Struck the back of a car during rollout.

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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