- Date
- December 24, 1982, 12:59 local (17:59 UTC)
- Place
- Delmar, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6207LGrumman AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821224066709A
- Case key
- 70450
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Judgment - poorFactor
Buzzing - performedFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Pilot making steep turns near his home at low altitude stalled and crashed. No malfunctions found. Witnesses said engine sounded normal in flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6207L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B007
- Airframe hours
- 244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gil R. Downing & Richard Kohm
- Registered owner
- Gil R. Downing & Richard Kohm
- Departed
- C · Salisbury, MD
- Destination
- C · Salisbury, MD
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 195 in this make and model · 223 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.