- Date
- June 28, 1987, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kralltown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9399LAmerican AA-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30685
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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 plt attempted to takeoff from a 2130 ft grass strip on a relatively hot & humid day with an air temp of 85 deg. About 2/3 of the way down the rwy, he rotated the acft to takeoff, but it would not climb sufficiently to clear a hill beyond the arpt boundry. Subsequently, the acft touched down, ran into the trees & was substantially damaged. About 1-1/2 hrs later, the operator came to the acft. While disconnecting the battery, sparks ignited leaking fuel & the acft was further damaged by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9399L
- Reported as
- American AA-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA-1A-0099
- Airframe hours
- 3,985
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1986 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- 07N
- Destination
- N71 · Marietta, PA
- Airport
- 07N · Bermudian Valley, runway 34, 2,130 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 102 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F