- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Place
- Baxley, GA · BAXLEY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28401Grum Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810801046709A
- Case key
- 124566
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1895 81/8/1 BAXLEY,GA GRUM AMER AA-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 800 TIME - 1615 N28401 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAXLEY,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 87 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RTRND TO ARPT BFR TSTM ARRD.HIT TREES BESIDE RWY,30DEG FM RWY HDG.BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL 0.26PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28401
- Reported as
- Grum Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lamar
N28401Registration cancelled Jul 25, 1990 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.