- Date
- July 8, 1981
- Place
- Stow, MA · STOW, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45152Gulf Amer AA-5B
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810708043789A
- Case key
- 124062
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2874 81/7/8 STOW,MA GULF AMER AA-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 274 TIME - 1045 N45152 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINUTEMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOW,MA ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT STATED SLGT DECREASE IN ENG PWR.NO ENG MALF/FAILURE FND.APRX 80LBS OVR MAX WT,CG BHND AFT LMT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45152
- Reported as
- Gulf Amer AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Minuteman
N45152Registration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Gulfstream American AA-5BAirframe modelGulfstream American AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.