- Date
- July 14, 1991, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cross City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99767Lucky GN-1 Aircamper
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910714027179A
- Case key
- 32903
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight briefing and inadvertent stall mush during normal cruise flight after encountering turbulence near the destination.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that after descending below a layer of clouds near the refueling destination, the turbulence was extreme. He lost control of the acft which collided with trees. He further stated that before departure he checked the wx via the television but did not obtain a wx briefing given by the FAA fss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99767
- Reported as
- Lucky GN-1 Aircamper (GN-1 AIRCA)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 446
- Engine
- Continental C65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Read, George W.
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Frederick L.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ACJ · Americus, GA
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 2,355 total · 64 in this make and model · 2,355 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 45 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.