- Date
- May 13, 1983, 16:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bedminster, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28426Grumman American AA5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513076009A
- Case key
- 35044
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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 crashed into trees during a forced landing after a loss of power while enroute from white plains. The engine started to shake and the rpms decreased. The plt initiated emergency procedures but the engine continued to run roughly.a decision was made to land at somerset arpt. The landing approach was high and the plt elected to go around. The enginepower was not enough and a full stall flaps up landing was made into the tree tops. The acft slid down the trees and stopped in a past vertical nose down position. During a post accident engine examination the #1 cylinder had no compression. The exhaust valve was broken and the valve head was not found. The cylinder exhaust valve guide measured .515. The specification when new is .4985. The service limit is .4995.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28426
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-0606
- Airframe hours
- 1,556
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Hortmont Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1982 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Destination
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- N52 · Somerset, runway 12, 2,770 × 60 ft, macadam
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
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,795 total · 550 in this make and model · 4,380 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
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 N28426 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.