- Date
- October 6, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- House Springs, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8886LGrumman AA1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841006054679A
- Case key
- 33875
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 - in flight
Terrain condition - softFactor
Lift-off - prematureCause
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft crashed in a cornfield after takeoff. The takeoff was from a 1550 ft long, wet and soft turf rwy. The acft lifted off near the end and would not climb. The acft stalled and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8886L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1B0386
- Airframe hours
- 934
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy J. Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport
- M003 · Moders, runway 33, 1,550 × 70 ft, grass/turf
N8886LRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1BEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 165 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.