- Date
- December 18, 1982, 14:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place
- Cornville, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9692LGrumman American AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218064449A
- Case key
- 70341
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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 pilot was on a flight from wickenburg to cottonwood, AZ to meet a friend and fly him to phoenix, AZ. During arrival, he made two passes over the top of some homes where his friend was staying, nearby at Cornville, AZ. On the second pass, he made a barrel roll type of maneuver. Before completing the maneuver, the plane crashed in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9692L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B-0192
- Airframe hours
- 1,936
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C26C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence A. Baker
- Registered owner
- Clarence A. Baker
- Departed
- E25 · Wickenburg, AZ
- Destination
- P52 · Cottonwood, AZ
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,537 total · 248 in this make and model · 1,318 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.