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(-23) ON SATURDAY MAY 17, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 IN LEWISBURG TENNESSEE A GULFSTREAM AA-5A SERIAL NUMBER AA5A-0854 WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N26975 CRASHED ON TAKEOFF. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE WEATHER AT THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS CLEAR WITH WINDS GUST REACHING APPROXIMATELY 11 KNOTS, THIS ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HIMSELF AND THE WEATHER BRIEFING HE RECEIVED. UPON STARTING HIS AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS CAUTIOUS ON HIS GROUND RUN KNOWING THIS WAS THE AIRCAFT FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT HADN'T FLOWN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. THE ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR WAS TO BE COMPLETED BY AUTHORIZED INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (931-359-5003) BUT POST CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE MAINTENANCE RECORD WERE NOT SIGNED NOR RELEASED; EVEN THOUGH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TOLD HIS ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS HAD NO CURRENT ENTRIES, AN APPARENT MISCOMMUNICATION, OR OVERSIGHT? PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKING A PERSONAL FLIGHT WITH HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALONG WITH THEM WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GRANDSON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. BOTH PILOTS WERE SITTING IN THE FRONT SEATS; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND WAS PILOT IN COMMAND. THE LONGER THAN HIS USUAL RUN UP COMPLETE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXI TO RUNWAY 2 AND DEPARTED, ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMAL, ACTUALLY ESPECIALLY WELL PERFORMING. AT LOW ALTITUDE, 100 TO 150 FEET THE ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIATED A LEFT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE INITIAL IMPACT WAS ON THE TAXI WAY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TAKEOFF. TWO SEPARATE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WATCHED THE CRASH OCCUR AND BOTH GROUPS STATE THE SAME SCENARIO. THE BYSTANDERS STATED THAT BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE EXHAUST. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES, BUT WERE TRANSPORTED TO MUARY COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. LEFT OUTBOARD WING WAS BROKEN OFF FROM INITIAL IMPACT, THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUSHED, AND THE RIGHT WING WAS SEVERELY WRINKLED. SEVERAL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AND WERE LABELED ACCORDINGLY. POST CRASHED INVESTIGATION FOUND ALL PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. CONTINUITY OF FLIGHT CONTROLS, ENGINE CONTROLS, AND ALL OTHER MOVEABLE DEVICES WAS ESTABLISHED. BLUE FUEL WAS NOTED IN BOTH WINGS, QUANTITY UNATTAINABLE BUT PILOT THOUGHT ABOUT 45 MINUTES IN EACH TANK. A SIZEABLE AMOUNT WAS DRAINED AND SPILLED IN OWNER'S HANGER. ELT ACTIVATED AND WAS TURNED OFF BY THE AIRPORT PERSONNEL. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN TURNED OFF, KEY, MAGNETOS, MASTER SWITCH BY PERSONNEL OF THE AIRPORT; THEY STATED THEY HAD NOT MOVED ANY FUEL VALVES OR ENGINE CONTROLS. THE ENGINE CONTROLS WERE NOTED IN FULL ON POSITION, THROTTLE, PROP, MIXTURE. THE PRIMER WAS IN AND LOCKED, RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS SELECTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVE INTO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HANGER AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED. KEYING ONT THE WITNESSES STATING BLACK SMOKE FROM EXHAUST I THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED THE ENGINE AND ITS COMPONENTS. AS MENTION; CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED WITH CONTROLS GOING TO STOPS BOTH ON AND OFF. FUEL WAS TRACED ALL THE WAY TO THE INDUCTION SYSTEM. MAGNETOS WERE TESTED AND EACH PERFORMED AS EXPECTED. AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM WAS IN OPERABLE MODE, NO OBSTRUCTIONS. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND IST ACCESSORIES, FOUND NOTHING OUTSTANDING THAT WOULD HVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER. I DID NOTE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER SPARK PLUGS WERE SOOTED OVER. THE VALVE TRAIN WAS IN CONTACT AND OPERABLE, NO VISIBLE OIL LEAKS OR EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR THE ENGINE ACCESSORIES. THE CARBURETOR WAS EXAMINED EXTENSIVELY; BLUE FUEL WAS NOTED IN THE BOWL ITSELF, THE FLOATS OPERATED NORMALLY AND ALL PART OF THE CARBURETOR APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. THE FLOATS WERE TAKEN FROM THE MOUNTING AND INSPECTED EVEN FURTHER, NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED. THE OVERALL CONDITION OFTHE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT IT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, CE-19, TELEPHONE 615-324-1318.