- Date
- May 3, 1984, 04:47 local (11:47 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28867Grumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840503015699A
- Case key
- 23954
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt lived near the arpt & had been commuting to sacramento, CA for about 3 weeks. Rwy 27 was the prominant rwy & the arpt was surrounded by hills. Shortly after taking off, the acft crashed about 2 mi west of the arpt while in a right wing low attitude on a heading of about 060 deg. Several families heard the acft start & takeoff. One person, who was a plt, estimated the wx was about 100 ft overcast, 1/4 mi visibility, wing calm with moderate rainfall. A farmer near the crash site said he heard the acft takeoff, & shortly thereafter, the eng made a much louder sound, as if the plane was in a power dive. No records were found to indicate the plt had any instrument training.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28867
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0873
- Airframe hours
- 1,278
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David E. Treat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 61Q
- Destination
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- Swansboro Country, runway 27, 3,235 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N28867 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.