- Date
- January 25, 1987, 16:04 local (Jan 26, 1987, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1408RGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870125000999A
- Case key
- 25509
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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
Just after takeoff while climbing through 200 ft AGL the engine quit. The pilot made a forced landing in a gravel pit where the aircraft collided with a bank. Examination of the engine revealed that the #1 cylinder and piston had moderate to severe scuffing and the rings were over lapping in several places by metal transfer. The #1 piston was a new piston with P10 stamped on the inside to indicate it was a .010 oversized piston. The remaining pistons were standard size.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1408R
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G14711
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael C. Scranton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 23, 1987
- Departed
- 104 · Tracy, CA
- Destination
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Airport
- runway 11, 3,680 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 71 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 12 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.