- Date
- October 1, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28745Grumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001052649A
- Case key
- 21167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled and landed hard off the side of the rwy during a forced landing. The plt said the engine was misfiring during initial climb at 150-200 ft AGL. He tried to land on the remaining rwy. The plt later said he thought the power loss was due to carburetor air blockage. The temperature was 87 degrees and the dew point was 60 degrees f, which is conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28745
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0789
- Airframe hours
- 975
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thurston Mccutchen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1983
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- 7TX6 · Sky Ranch, runway 16, 4,000 × 50 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 126 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.