- Date
- August 28, 1985, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wheatland, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9787UGrumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850828049809A
- Case key
- 35962
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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 engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
Gear collapsed
Analysis
Acft departed leroy, NY, on an instructional flt to rochester, NY. Fifteen minutes after departure the flt made a forced landing in a bean field. Examination of the acft showed no useable fuel remained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9787U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C-0126
- Airframe hours
- 2,464
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Key To The City Div. Of Key Av
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 8, 1985 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 5G0 · Leroy, NY
- Destination
- ROC · Rochester, NY
N9787URegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Grumman American Avn. AA-1CAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-1CEngine 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 917 total · 61 in this make and model · 860 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Observed at
- ROC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.