- Date
- August 31, 1982, 18:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6306LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820831045039A
- Case key
- 70822
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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
At 50 feet AGL the instructor pilot closed the throttle to simulate engine failure during takeoff. He expected a low speed, low altitude, steep 120 degree turn to land on runway 29 by the private pilot receiving familiarization on the AA-1A aircraft. The private pilot did not bank steeply enough to make the turn so the CFI took over and collided with trees in an attempted resumption of the takeoff climb.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6306L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1A0306
- Airframe hours
- 1,456
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Delfin Salazar, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Delfin Salazar, Jr.
- Departed
- T04 · Georgetown, TX
- Destination
- T04 · Georgetown, TX
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown Municipal, runway 29, 4,100 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,711 total · 181 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 203 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.