- Date
- May 19, 1984, 17:00 local (May 20, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ruth, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N74848Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840520017739A
- Case key
- 24269
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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
While attempting to land on rwy 31, the plt elected to go-around. He made a low pass down the rwy, pulled up at the end of the rwy for a downwind entry & began to mush. The acft hit a tall tree & impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74848
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0377
- Airframe hours
- 1,281
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1983 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- runway 31, 3,170 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,051 total · 786 in this make and model · 920 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.