- Date
- August 15, 1986, 22:00 local (Aug 16, 1986, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moultonboro, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9909LGrumman AA-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860815042949A
- Case key
- 30407
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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 control - in flight
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The plt rprtd that he departed the Moultonboro arpt at about 2200 EDT. During departure, the acft stalled & crashed into trees about 1/2 mi northwest of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9909L
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0209
- Airframe hours
- 1,128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Sharkey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1986
- Destination
- Laconia, NH
- Airport
- NH08 · Moultonboro
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,450 total · 450 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.