# NTSB investigations: Gulfstream American AA-5B: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX94LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA258.md): Grumman AA-5B · Apple Valley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1994 · N4553R · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed in the takeoff initial climb and the resultant inadvertent entry into a stall/mush condition. High density altitude and downdraft conditions were factors in the accident.
- [NTSB NYC91LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA221.md): Grumman AA5B · Hampton, NH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 25, 1991 · N4518B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot rotated the airplane prematurely, resulting in an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery. Factors related to the accident were, the pilot's complacency, failure to determine the airplane's performance capabilities prior to take…
- [NTSB NYC88LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA135.md): Grumman AA5B · Morristown, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1988 · N4557Q · Substantial damage
  > A loss of control due to improper technique after a bounced landing. Contributing was the second pilot also attempting to correct the situation.
- [NTSB NYC85FNA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNA01.md): Gulfstream AA-5B · Boxborough, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 1, 1985 · N4523B · Destroyed
  > The pilot made six attempts at landing with a left crosswind of 24 knots. On the last attempt he was observed to lose control and crash into the trees off he departure end of the runway. The aircraft burnded and the pilot received serious injuries.
- [NTSB SEA82DA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA061.md): Grumman AA-5B · Sunriver, OR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 2, 1982 · N4518U · Substantial damage
  > After terminating his first approach in a go-around the pilot commenced a second approach. Just before touchdown the pilot stated that a gust of wind shoved the plane to the left. The pilot attempted to abort the landing by adding full power but the aircraft…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3970106')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3970106&occurrence=250

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