- Date
- August 2, 1986, 09:48 local (13:48 UTC)
- Place
- Boynton Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45529Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860802036929A
- Case key
- 31683
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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 acft was ditched in the atlantic ocean about 4 miles off shore in about 600 ft of water after allegedly sustaining eng failure. The plt stated that the acft was full of fuel prior to departure & that no water or other foreign matter was detected in the fuel sys during the preflt insp. A CFI who flew the acft immediately prior to the last flt stated the acft performed normally. The plt has ditched two other acft on previous occasions & withheld that info from the operator who rented him the acft even though the rental info card specifically made reference to any previous accidents. The plt failed to meet with the FAA after they requested for him to do so & NTSB form 6120.1, plt operator acft accident report was not received by the NTSB. Efforts to make further contact with the plt by the NTSB, FAA & the owner of the acft were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45529
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA 581200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skytel Of Georgia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- CQI · Merritt Island, 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP, 20 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.