- Date
- July 5, 1983, 19:30 local (Jul 6, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1480RGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830705028439A
- Case key
- 20745
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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 remained low after takeoff and after a turn continued north out of sight of witnesses and did not reappear. It collided with the bottom two strands of a powerline which were severed by the propeller. The acft fuselage came to rest 162 ft beyond the powerline in an upright position on its main landing gear with the engine and both wings separated. No evidence of pre-impact failure of malfunction was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1480R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-1B-0580
- Airframe hours
- 1,244
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1982 · 48 hours before
- Destination
- BVX · Batesville, AR
- Airport
- MI9 · Newport Municipal, runway 36, 5,000 × 150 ft
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 35 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.
Other investigations on N1480R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.