# Accident 20150521010729A: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A, Rowdy, KY, May 21, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2015, 18:57 local time
- Place: Rowdy, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3892° N, 83.2433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3892&lon=-83.2433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26886, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26886-2015-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5A (registry code 3970104, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-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: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORP AA-5A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150521010729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED AIKEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT , SOUTH CAROLINA (AIK) EN-ROUTE TO WENDELL H FORD AIRPORT, HAZARD, KENTUCKY (CPF).  UPON REACHING  VICINITY OF CPF, PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT DOWNWIND APPROACH, BEGAN TO MANEUVER ERRATICALLY EAST OF THE RUNWAY, DESCENDED  RAPIDLY, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT AND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA15FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA220), May 21, 2015: Gulfstream American AA-5A (N26886), Rowdy, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight rules flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation.

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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