- Date
- March 8, 1987, 22:07 local (Mar 9, 1987, 03:07 UTC)
- Place
- Flint, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5896LAmerican AA5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308047729A
- Case key
- 13742
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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
During a forced landing on an interstate highway about two miles from bishop airport, the aircraft collided with a signpost and a concrete bridge. The pilot had reported that he was out of fuel when he was about nine miles away from the airport. The pilot stated that he based the fuel left in the right tank on the amount of time that the left tank ran engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5896L
- Reported as
- American AA5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0096
- Airframe hours
- 1,845
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry A. Bearup
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1986
- Departed
- IDW · Ironwood, MI
- Destination
- FNT · Flint, MI
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 423 total · 353 in this make and model · 318 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 3 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.