- Date
- May 26, 1987, 19:30 local (May 27, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Malakoff, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26378Grumman AA5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870526016059A
- Case key
- 22248
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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 impacted the terrain near Malakoff, Texas. Following an engine failure the pilot attempted to execute a forced landing to a road crossing a dam. The aircraft touched down and bounced into the lake. Examination of the engine revealed that the exhaust valve in the number three cylinder had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26378
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A0517
- Airframe hours
- 641
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fletcher Aviation
- Registered owner
- Fletcher Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1987 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- HOB · Houston, TX
- Destination
- F41 · Ennis, TX
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 7 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 69 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.