# Accident 20110614015219A: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A, Linden, NC, June 14, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2011, 10:40 local time
- Place: Linden, NC
- Airport: Flyers Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2181° N, 78.7964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2181&lon=-78.7964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8476B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8476B-2014-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 700 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110614015219A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/14/2011, PILOT AND 3 PASSENAGES BOARDED AIRCRAFT FOR PERSONAL FLIGHT.  PILOT STATED, THAT ON TAKE-OFF AND INTO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 15 DEGREE FLAPS WITH 40 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATH CLEARED THE INITIAL TREE LINE.  THE AIRCRAFT FELT SLUGGISH, SUDDENLY LOSS POWER, MUSHED, HIT A TREE AND TURNED DOWNWARD INTO A NEARBY WOODED AREA AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.   THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS QUICKLY EXITED THE WRECKAGE AFTER IMPACT ON THE GROUND.  THE PILOT HEARD 2 EXPLOSIONS AS THEY EXITED THE WOODED AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, FIRE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE WITH THE ONLY SIZEABLE COMPONENT BEING THE ENGINE WITH PROPELLER ATTACHED AND SETTLED INTO THE GROUND SOIL LAYER.  NO NOTICABLE CURLING OF THE PROP EXISTED AT THE VISIBLE TIP WHICH WAS BURIED INTO THE GROUND WITH THE TRAILING EDGE JUST VISIBLE AT THE SOIL SURFACE.  THE PROP WAS HORIZONTAL WITH RESPECT TO THE ENGINE POSITION, AND WAS PARALLEL TO THE GROUND SURFACE.

## 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 ERA11LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA342), Jun 14, 2011: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (N8476B), Linden, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during initial climb for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N8476B (1)

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

- [Accident 19820807035139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820807035139A), Aug 7, 1982: Gulstm AA5A (N8476B), Wiscasset, ME, Substantial damage. Instructor waited too long to take control from student during landing. Aircraft crashed short of runway.

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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