# Accident 20210525010039A: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A, Crossville, TN, May 25, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2021, 13:08 local time
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8455° N, 84.9761° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8455&lon=-84.9761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26889, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26889-2023-05-29) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210525010039A

## Narrative

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

AT 1139Z N26889 CALLED TYS APPROACH WHILE LEAVING KDKX AND BEGAN FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO KCSV. N26889  HAD HIS FLIGHT FOLLOWING TERMINATED AT 1153Z. AT 1205Z N26889 CALLED BACK AND REQUESTED TO TERMINATE FLIGHT FOLLOWING AGAIN. N26889 CHANGED HIS TRANSPONDER TO 1200 AND CONTINUED WITHOUT ATC SERVICES. N26889 EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE AND CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA NEAR 2967 OLD HIGHWAY 28. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 10 MILES FROM THE CROSSVILLE AIRPORT AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING ENGINE TROUBLES TO HIS INSTRUCTOR VIA PHONE. HE CLAIMED IT WAS ONLY PRODUCING 1700RPM AND DOING 70 KTS.

## 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 ERA21FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21FA232), May 25, 2021: Gulfstream American AA-5A (N26889), Crossville, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing, which resulted in a descent and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to apply carburetor heat following…

## Other reports on N26889 (2)

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

- [Incident 19820418017209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418017209I), Apr 18, 1982: Grumav AA5A (N26889), Monroe, MI, Minor damage. Engine quit on approach to runway. Landed short in a plowed field. Found large amount of water in fuel.
- [Incident 19790511026469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511026469I), May 11, 1979: Gulstm AA5 (N26889), Lambertville, MI. Aircraft bounced and attempted go around. Aborted due to trees and landed in field.

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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