- Date
- May 1, 1983, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Moore Haven, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6286LGulfstream American AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830501016869A
- Case key
- 30883
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area conditionFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Directional control - uncontrolled
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
According to the plt he collided with a large ant hill during the takeoff roll, lost directional control, & veered off the rwy into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6286L
- Reported as
- Gulfstream American AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B-0086
- Airframe hours
- 610
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John G. Grozier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 6, 1982 · 33 hours before
- Destination
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- Caluse Lodge
N6286LRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 1983 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1B
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 64 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.