- Date
- December 20, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N74463Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841220069539A
- Case key
- 24447
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During maint of the eng, & just before the annual inspection was signed off, someone partially loosened & then attempted to tighten the bolt securing the crankshaft gear to the crankshaft. The old lockplate was not replaced & was not properly secured about the bolt. As a result of a loose bolt the dowel pin, aligning the gear with the crankshaft, the gear shifted position & the engine stopped. The plt failed to lower the wing flaps, & struck a dirt ditch short of his intended emerg landing site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74463
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0236
- Airframe hours
- 1,252
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard Stanley Goldman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1984 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona Municipal, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 419 total · 166 in this make and model · 317 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO, 6 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.