- Date
- January 21, 1982, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Albany, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6142LGrumman AA-1
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820121001739A
- Case key
- 71965
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airport manager stated that he heard the aircraft takeoff, turn right, then turn back left. A few seconds later he heard the engine rev up and shortly after it hit the trees. He further stated that there was fog in the area and the ceiling was no more than 100 feet and visibility no more than 1/2 mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6142L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0342
- Airframe hours
- 1,590
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald R. Maples
- Registered owner
- Musketeers, Inc.
- Departed
- New Albany, MS
- Airport
- New Albany, runway 35, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 38 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.