- Date
- July 1, 1983, 07:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9945UGrumman American AA-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830701028349A
- Case key
- 23470
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with rising terrain during a cross-country in IMC weather. No flt plan was filed for the flt. No weather briefing was obtained by the pilot before takeoff. The distance to be flown was 72 miles and the pilot flew this route about 3 times a week. The flt got within 5 miles of destination before colliding with the terrain at 1200 ft MSL. The mountain tops in the area go as high as 2500 ft MSL. The pilot was flying up a canyon in low overcast weather conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9945U
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0345
- Airframe hours
- 1,780
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Irving M. Weiss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1982 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- 011 · Fair Oaks, CA
- Destination
- LVK · Livermore, CA
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 455 total · 20 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVK, 5 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.