- Date
- July 8, 1983, 18:34 local (Jul 9, 1983, 01:34 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1507RGrumman American AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830708033419A
- Case key
- 23784
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with rising terrain during a go-around. The pilot attempted a landing at Boulder City in a 20-30 kt. Wind. When the acft bounced the pilot decided to go-around. Instead of climbing into the wind he turned downwind at low altitude where he encountered wires and poles. In avoiding the power lines by going under them the pilot collided with the rising terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1507R
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0657
- Airframe hours
- 1,223
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold B. Cooper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1982 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- MLF · Milford, UT
- Destination
- L22 · Yucca Valley, CA
- Airport
- BLD · Boulder City Muni, runway 17, 2,880 × 110 ft, dirt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 466 in this make and model · 398 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 17 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.