- Date
- May 15, 1983, 10:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kauai, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39019Grumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830515019149A
- Case key
- 23874
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft descended at a flat angle under power into trees after the engine lost power. The pilot took off at 1010 for a sightseeing flight. The temperature was 78 and the dew point was 65 degrees f. after about 30 minutes of flight the pilot turned to avoid clouds and began to lose altitude. He added throttle but could not get full power. The aircraft continued to descend with best climb airspeed and full throttle. Maintaining what power he could and a flat rate of descent the pilot flew into a slightly upward sloping group of trees in the makaha valley.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39019
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C0187
- Airframe hours
- 3,426
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hawaii Country Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1983 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- LIH · Lihue, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 06
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 570 total · 26 in this make and model · 407 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIH, 22 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.