- Date
- June 16, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Locust Grove, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5941LGrumman AA1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 5923
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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 acft crashed during a forced landing after the engine quit while the flt was in cruise at 3000 ft. the pilot stated that he experienced what was described as a drop in oil pressure followed by a complete power failure. The pilot attempted a forced landing in a pasture at which time the landing gear collapsed after touch down. The acft impacted theground about 300 ft from a fence and skidded another 100 ft beyond the fence. This acft was only 2 hours out of an annual inspection. The engine was removed from the wrecked acft for further examination and test run. The engine run-up was accomplished after the fuel was ported through the inlet side of the fuel pump. The fuel gauges read zero for left and 1/4 for the right tank. The examination failed to reveal any material or system malfunction/failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5941L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0241
- Airframe hours
- 2,295
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pryor Wallace C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- Griffin, GA
- Destination
- Gwinnet, GA
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 30 nm away