# NTSB LAX83FJA06: Grumman American AA-5B, N28808, Waimanalo, Oahu, HI, April 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1983, 13:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Waimanalo, Oahu, HI
- Coordinates: 21.339328, -157.720382 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3393&lon=-157.7204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23521
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FJA06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23521/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FJA06

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MANEUVERING OVER THE WATER AT LOW ALTITUDE PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE WATER. A SURVIVING PAX STATED THAT HE & THE PLT HAD A BIG PARTY THE DAY BEFORE THE FLT & THEY BOTH HAD HANGOVERS THE FOLLOWING MORNING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS THAT MORNING, BUT DIDN'T DRINK WHILE FLYING. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.17%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N28808 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AA-5B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA-5B-0828
- Airframe hours: 2018
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hawaii Country Club Of The Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 26, 1982, 98 hours before
- Departed: HNL, HONOLULU, HI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 300 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHNG, 9 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830403013089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830403013089A), Apr 3, 1983: Gulstm AA5B, Manana Island, HI, Substantial damage. Flew into water after buzzing and circling area as low as wave top height. Pilot and passenger had been drinking.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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