- Date
- October 4, 1982, 20:25 local (Oct 5, 1982, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Ipswich, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9923LGrumman American AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821004054359A
- Case key
- 71156
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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 pilot descended over water at night and elected to fly over a beach area at 100 to 200 ft AGL. He reported that he lowered the nose briefly to see better. At about that time, the aircraft collided with a sand bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9923L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0223
- Airframe hours
- 4,099
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C20, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tew-Mac Aviation
- Registered owner
- Tew-Mac Aviation
- Departed
- B09 · Tewsbury, MA
- Destination
- B09 · Tewsbury, MA
- Airport
- B09
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 131 in this make and model · 161 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 113 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.