- Date
- June 6, 1991, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Angleton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N26785Grumman AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910606020339A
- Case key
- 23340
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of consciousness due to a pre-existing infection.
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 student pilot was suffering from an infection at the time of the accident. Due to feeling ill, the student pilot discontinued her training flight and intended to return to the houston hobby airport. The student pilot lost consciousness on takeoff from the Angleton airport. Subsequently, the airplane became airborne and struck a power line and a tree before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26785
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0718
- Airframe hours
- 2,724
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rich Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1991 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Airport
- LBX · Angleton, runway 17, 6,000 × 100 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 29 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.