- Date
- May 17, 1985, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- High Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9541LGrumman American AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850517018269A
- Case key
- 31401
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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
The plt stated that he made a normal takeoff with 2200 RPM, but shortly after rotation, the RPM started to decrease & the acft lost altitude & landed in the top of a large oak tree. An investigation revealed that the carburetor inlet finger screen had a 75% blockage of uncured fuel tank sealant resulting in a restricted fuel flow & subsequent loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9541L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-5-0539
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marvin D. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1985 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- High Springs, runway 36, 2,600 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,941 total · 208 in this make and model · 71 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 18 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.