- Date
- November 9, 1985, 17:57 local (Nov 10, 1985, 01:57 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Run, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28495Grumman American AA-5B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851109056799A
- Case key
- 24881
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident location and the departure airport is located in a mountainous area. The acft departed truckee-tahoe arpt (trk) to the northeast in marginal VFR conditions at sunset. The acft continued on a northeasterly heading for 18 miles and then turned to a westerly heading and continued on this heading until it was about 8 miles north of trk. The plt then turned the acft on a southwesterly heading until colliding with a tree at the 5000 MSL level. The automatic weather observation disclosed rain existed near the accident area at the time of the accident. The radar data showed the aircraft to be flying along a ridge that traverses the airport 8 miles to the north of trk in an east/west direction. The wreckage examination disclosed no evidence of any preimpact malfunctions AND/0R failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28495
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0641
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David L. Perrin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots, gusting 28
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.