# NTSB NYC86LA187: Grumman AA-5A, N333TE, Boston, MA, July 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1986, 02:23 local (06:23 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.4328° N, 71.0318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4328&lon=-71.0318&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30386
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30386/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA187

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE CLIMB OUT. THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE TO LEVEL FLIGHT, HOWEVER THE AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO DROP AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED. THE CONTINUED DROP IN THE AIRSPEED WAS UNDETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N333TE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333TE-2012-08-08), registration cancelled 2012-08-08, S/N AA5B-0054, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AA-5A
- Registry model: [Grumman American Avn. AA-5B](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (registry code 3960105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AA-5B-0054
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2G 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Triple Tree Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BOS, BOSTON, MA
- Destination: FRG, FARMINGDALE, NY
- Airport: BOS, Boston Logan, runway 15, 10,081 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 116 total, 37 in this make and model, 82 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Observed at: BOS, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860726035119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860726035119A), Jul 26, 1986: Gulstm AA5B, Boston, MA, Destroyed. Unable to climb out. Turned right to avoid ocean. Pilot reported an uncontrolled yaw developed and aircraft crashed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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