# NTSB BFO90LA007: Gulfstream American AA-5B, N4519L, Windmill Point, VA, November 5, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1989, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Windmill Point, VA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO90LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11566/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA007

## Probable cause

LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO OIL STARVATION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - fluid,oil - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4519L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4519L-1999-03-24), registration cancelled 1999-03-24, S/N AA5B1054 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN AA-5B
- Registry model: [Gulfstream American AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (registry code 3970106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA5B-1054
- Airframe hours: 2211
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Flying Tigers, Inc.
- Registered owner: Burkholder-Bollinger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 12, 1989, 42 hours before
- Departed: SBY, SALISBURY, MD
- Destination: ACY, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 47 total, 47 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORF, 45 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891105065529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891105065529A), Nov 5, 1989: Gulstm AA5B, Windmill Point, VA, Substantial damage. Reported lost oil pressure, engine seized, ditched in bay. Was 180 degrees off course on solo crosscountry.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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