- Date
- November 21, 1986, 15:33 local (23:33 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4520DGulfstream AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861121060049A
- Case key
- 25475
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Gulfstream American AA-5B lost power and collided with a tree short of the runway while on an IFR training flight. The flight instructor had just switched fuel tanks when the engine began to run rough and then quit running. He was unable to restart the engine. The private pilot undergoing instrument training conducted the preflight inspection without the aid of the aircraft operators manual. He did not check the left and right wing fuel sump drains. Aircraft fuel samples were taken from the right and left wing tank fuel sumps and fuel line from the fuel pump to the carburetor. Labratory test results indicated the fuel sample taken from the fuel line from the fuel pump to the carburetor contained 12.6 % water by volume. The right fuel sump also contained traces of water. Examination of the refueling truck sample did not reveal any impurities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4520D
- Reported as
- Gulfstream AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-1061
- Airframe hours
- 1,693
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wings Express Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,398 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,258 as pilot in command · 278 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL, 1 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.