- Date
- January 13, 1982, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28607Grumman AA5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820113000819A
- Case key
- 71758
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Analysis
After being denied a special VFR clearance to land at tampa-st. petersburg the pilot elected to cancel his flight plan to tallahassee and fly to new orleans. About 5 1/2 hours into the flight he decided to divert to gulfport, ms and tuned in the gulfport VOR (109.0 mhz). Although he had been flying a heading of 283 degrees at 190 DME the OBS now read 005 degrees and 75 miles DME. After crossing the coastline he couldn't find the airport and continued flying until fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crashed in a swamp. The greenville VOR is also on frequency 109.0 mhz and is located 226 miles east of the gulfport VOR. The wreckage was found about 10 miles from the greenville VOR station.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28607
- Reported as
- Grumman AA5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0702
- Airframe hours
- 750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John W. Giffen
- Registered owner
- John W. Giffen
- Departed
- Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- Tallahassee, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 451 total · 57 in this make and model · 403 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.