- Date
- February 22, 1992, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Agua Dulce, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9066LGrumman American AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 27406
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Probable cause
The pilot's abrupt aircraft control and failure to maintain airspeed. Contributing to this accident was the inadvertent stall/spin.
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
The certificated private pilot, the sole occupant, was preparing to land at his destination airport, following the completion of a personal cross country flight. Witnesses observed the airplane flying in an easterly direction, make an abrupt turn to the right and enter into a stall/spin. The airplane struck soft terrain in a steep, nose down attitude, about 1/2 mile northeast of the departure end of the active runway. No mechanical malfunction of the airplane was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9066L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B-0160
- Airframe hours
- 2,265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donley, Bobby Joe
- Registered owner
- Donley, Bobby Joe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1991
- Departed
- CMA · Camarillo, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 57 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F