- Date
- May 8, 1985, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6399LGrumman AA1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850508019159A
- Case key
- 21745
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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 was destroyed when it flipped over during a forced landing following fuel starvation. The fuel selector was positioned on an empty tank. The right fuel tank was full of fuel. The plt stated he must have forgotten to switch tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6399L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1A-0399
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John J. Hobby
- Registered owner
- John J. Hobby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FTW · Ft. Worth, TX
- Airport
- SWW · Sweetwater
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6399L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.