- Date
- August 12, 1981
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N26748Gulf Amer AA-5A
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810812049219A
- Case key
- 124463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2069 81/8/12 SAVANNAH,GA GULF AMER AA-5A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 26, 230 TIME - 0845 N26748 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVANNAH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA TULSA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRAINED WTR FM TNKS AFT ACFT PURCHASED.NRLY 1 0Z WTR IN CARB AFT ACDNT.TURNED BACK TWD ARPT,TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26748
- Reported as
- Gulf Amer AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savannah Muni
N26748Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Gulfstream American AA-5AAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.