- Date
- March 7, 1990, 08:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1492RGrumman American AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900307003669A
- Case key
- 32635
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft while taxiing.
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
While taxiing on the ramp to takeoff, the student plt lost control of the acft. It collided with a parked unoccupied acft & came to rest. The student's instructor stated that she was preoccupied with an event which had taken place the previous day. There was no evidence of failure or malfunction of the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1492R
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B-0592
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Universal Aviation
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- SIG · Isla Grande
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 70 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SJU, 6 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.
Other investigations on N1492R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.